Move over, July 4th — Massachusetts just got an unsolicited fireworks show courtesy of outer space. On Saturday afternoon, a meteor decided to break up over the coast like a dramatic reality TV star, releasing energy equivalent to 300 tons of TNT and rattling windows from Boston to Rhode Island. Pets were traumatized, houses shook, and thousands of New Englanders briefly wondered if this was finally the alien invasion they’d been warned about. NASA confirmed it was just a space rock throwing the ultimate tantrum. Because nothing says “relaxing Saturday” like a random explosion from the sky.
Meteor explodes off coast of Massachusetts, causing loud boom
