The dramatic event startled residents across several states in the US, many of whom reported hearing a loud boom and feeling ground tremors.

Exploding meteors, also called airbursts, happen with a chunk of space rock smashes into Earth's dense atmosphere. National Weather Service A loud boom reverberated over suburban Pittsburgh on New ...

An exploding meteor that rattled the greater Pittsburgh area on New Year's Day expelled energy commensurate with roughly 30 tons of TNT, NASA has confirmed. The explosion, which some area residents ...