A 7-ton meteor that sped across the Cleveland sky at 45,000 miles per hour on Tuesday broke apart in a thunderous boom that startled residents who feared an explosion.

A six-foot, six-ton asteroid passed over northeastern Ohio on March 17, bringing the possibility of fragmented pieces scattered across a wide area.

According to NASA, an asteroid measuring about six feet across and weighing roughly six tonnes entered Earth’s atmosphere on March 17, travelling more than 34 miles through the upper atmosphere before disintegrating.

A suspected meteorite crashed through the roof of a Houston home on the night of March 21, 2026, after residents across the region reported a loud boom and a bright streak of light in the Texas sky. The event,

A loud boom heard and felt widely across parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Tuesday was likely the result of a meteor.

Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO, but weather service officials say it appears to have been a meteor.

Earth is still collecting scars from space, and scientists are only now learning to read them properly. Newly mapped impact craters, both on land and hidden beneath the oceans, are revealing that large meteorite and asteroid strikes have shaped our planet ...