Washington, United States, May 31, 2026 (AFP) - Meteor explodes over US with blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT

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A meteor crashing toward Earth exploded over the northeastern United States on Saturday, NASA said, setting off booms that echoed over the region with a blast equivalent to 300 tons of TNT. The fireball broke up over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire at 2:06 pm (1806 GMT), the US space agency's deputy news chief Jennifer Dooren told AFP in a statement. "This fireball was not associated with any currently active meteor show......

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