Meteor explosion over Massachusetts triggers sonic booms across New England

On the morning of May 31st, the sky above Massachusetts delivered an uninvited reminder that Earth moves through a cosmos still capable of surprise. A meteor, too dense to quietly burn away, detonated high in the atmosphere over the Boston area, sending a shockwave across hundreds of miles — from Delaware to Montreal — that rattled windows, interrupted conversations, and prompted hundreds of people to ask the same ancient question: what was that? Scientists have identified the cause, but the event lingers as a prompt to reckon with how little warning the universe tends to offer.