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+==== Arizona ====
 == Arizona's Meteor Crater is still revealing new secrets 50,000 years later ==
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 https://www.space.com/stargazing/meteor-showers/arizonas-meteor-crater-is-still-revealing-new-secrets-50-000-years-later
+==== Massachusetts ====
+== Meteor explodes over Massachusetts: New details on size, where it landed ==
+Traveling at about 42,000 mph when it entered the atmosphere, the meteor streaked through the sky for 26 miles, headed from northwest to southeast.
+Staff and wire reports - June 1, 2026 / Updated June 1, 2026 at 5:06 pm
+Reports of an explosion from people across New England on Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
+NASA shared new details on the size and path of the meteor on Monday, upgrading the size of the object and revealing how far it flew before exploding.
+The meteor was about five feet wide, according to the space agency, with a mass of 5.6 metric tons. (That's about the weight of a large elephant.) Traveling at about 42,000 mph when it entered the atmosphere at 2:06 p.m., the meteor streaked through the sky for 26 miles, headed from northwest to southeast.
+The flaming object, confirmed to be made of natural material, as opposed to a satellite or space debris, broke up 31 miles above sea level with force equivalent to 230 tons of TNT, and the meteorite fell into Cape Cod Bay.
+https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/meteor-explodes-over-massachusetts-what-we-know-and-where-it-landed/3957663/