A loud boom heard and felt widely across parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Tuesday was likely the result of a meteor.

Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.

Did you hear a loud boom this morning? According to the National Weather Service, it apparently was the result of a meteor.

According to the National Weather Service, the loud sonic boom was caused by the meteor. A NASA spokesperson spoke with reporter Clay LePard, confirming the meteor was spotted near Medina. "I woke up this morning, and the sky fell, so I feel like Chicken Little right now," Bill Cooke, NASA's lead for the Meteoroid Environment Office, said.

At last, a reason to visit Ohio. Meteorite hunters are descending on the Buckeye State after a huge meteor streaked across the sky and rained down interplanetary fragments. The space rock — a six-foot-wide,

A streaking fireball lit the starkly cold Tuesday morning sky and detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows and alarming Northeast Ohioans.

The Tar Heel State's own most recent meteor event was only a few years ago. Here's everything to know.