A fiery streak across the sky and a loud boom greeted many residents of northeast Ohio on the morning of March 17. The rare celestial spectacle, which took place a little before 9 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, was caused by a six-foot-wide, seven-ton space rock that was traveling at roughly 40,000 miles per hour, according to NASA.

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.

CLEVELAND, Ohio - When an asteroid exploded over Cleveland Tuesday, the resulting boom shook houses, spooked pets and shocked us all. We’re talking about what happened in the sky and how we collectively experienced it on St.

The National Weather Service has said the latest imaging suggests "the boom was a result of a meteor."

NASA has confirmed a fireball meteor exploded over Ohio on March 17, with meteorites possibly hitting Medina County. Check out the videos.

A meteor explosion over Northeast Ohio dazzled residents and scattered fragments, sparking a hunt for meteorite pieces in Medina County.

Rocks from outer space are constantly hurtling toward Earth, slamming into the atmosphere and often exploding into fireballs that both delight and alarm people.

A loud explosive noise heard across Cleveland, Ohio, has unsettled the whole country. Here's what it actually was:

Thousands of people in Northeast Ohio heard and felt an explosion Tuesday morning. The National Weather Service in Cleveland said in a social media post that the latest GLM imagery suggested a meteor caused the boom.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Was it thunder? A falling tree? Maybe an earthquake? Nobody was quite sure what to make of the nerve-rattling sound until the National Weather Service reported that a meteor apparently crashed through the atmosphere,

A bright fireball that streaked across the sky in parts of the northeastern United States and Canada Tuesday morning, then broke apart with a loud boom, was caused by a meteor nearly 6 feet in diameter entering the Earth's atmosphere, according to NASA.