US: Meteor Streaks Across Ohio Sky, Triggering Sonic Boom Felt Across Multiple States

A meteor streaked across the sky over northeastern Ohio on Tuesday, March 17, producing a thunderous sonic boom that was felt as far away as Pennsylvania, with NASA confirming the fireball was caused by a small asteroid nearly 6 feet in diameter and weighing about 7 tons. The asteroid unleashed energy equivalent to 250 tons of TNT when it fragmented, with reports of the fireball pouring in from multiple states.

US: Fiery Streak Spotted in California as Dragon Spacecraft Reenters Atmosphere 3

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was spotted in the night sky across California as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, May 24. A sonic boom was also reported in Southern California.

US: Fiery Streak Spotted in California as Dragon Spacecraft Reenters Atmosphere 4

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was spotted in the night sky across California as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, May 24. A sonic boom was also reported in Southern California.

US: Fiery Streak Spotted in California as Dragon Spacecraft Reenters Atmosphere 2

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was spotted in the night sky across California as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, May 24. A sonic boom was also reported in Southern California.

US: Fiery Streak Spotted in California as Dragon Spacecraft Reenters Atmosphere

A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft was spotted in the night sky across California a it reentered Earth's atmosphere on Saturday, May 24. A sonic boom was also reported in Southern California.

NASA SuperSonic Low Boom Airplane Concept

NASA SuperSonic Low Boom Airplane Concept

Handout- NASAs X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft, or QueSST, is designed to fly faster than the speed of sound without producing a loud, disruptive sonic boom, which is typically heard on the ground below aircraft flying at such speeds. Instead, with the X-59, people on the ground will hear nothing more than a quiet sonic thump if they hear anything at all. The X-59 will fly over communities around the United States to demonstrate this technology, but first, NASA will need to validate the X-planes acoustic signature, using a ground recording system. Handout Photo by Joey Ponthieux/ NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

NASA SuperSonic Low Boom Airplane Concept

NASA SuperSonic Low Boom Airplane Concept

Handout- NASA's aeronautical innovators are leading a government-industry team to collect data that could make supersonic flight over land possible, dramatically reducing travel time in the United States or anywhere in the world. The Low-boom Flight Demonstration mission has two goals: 1) design and build a piloted, large-scale supersonic X-plane with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom to that of a gentle thump; and 2) fly the X-plane over select U.S. communities to gather data on human responses to the low-boom flights and deliver that data set to U.S. and international regulators. Using this data, new sound-based rules regarding supersonic flight over land can be written and adopted, which would open the doors to new commercial cargo and passenger markets to provide faster-than-sound air travel. (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

Japan reduces supersonic jet noise in test flight in Sweden

Japan reduces supersonic jet noise in test flight in Sweden

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's experimental supersonic jet is displayed in this file photo taken at Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.'s plant in Utsunomiya northeast of Tokyo in May 2013. JAXA said in Tokyo on July 27, 2015, that it successfully lowered the sonic boom, or noise created by a supersonic jet, in an unmanned test flight on July 24 at Sweden's Esrange Space Center. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo