New England meteor disintegrates with 300-ton blast, rattling homes
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A meteor traveling about 75,000 mph exploded over northeastern Massachusetts and southeastern New Hampshire, releasing energy around 300 tons of TNT and causing loud booms felt across the area; NASA says it was a natural object, not space debris, and the fireball broke up at about 40 miles altitude.
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