On January 2, astronomers identified an object as asteroid 2018 CN41, but later confirmed to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, launched in 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
What was believed to be a new asteroid spotted flying close to our planet this month turned out to have Earthly, albeit unnatural, origins. On Jan. 2, the asteroid-tracking Minor Planet Center (MPC) ...
The vehicle, a red sports car belonging to Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, was launched into orbit in 2018. It was sent into space aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, CNN reported, which was ...
The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX ...
Catch Tallahassee Astronomical Society’s free planetarium show “February Skies over Tallahassee,” at the Fogg Planetarium on Feb. 1.
The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep space that could ...
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (United States) had to withdraw the discovery when it realized that it was a ...
However, the Minor Planet Center (MPC), the agency responsible for cataloging asteroids, quickly retracted the classification ...
Scientists spotted a new asteroid—turns out it was Musk’s Tesla Roadster. Who knew space junk could be this expensive… or ...
Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric ...
An object in space that astronomers initially identified as an alarmingly close asteroid headed towards Earth turns out to be ...