Time flies when you're floating aimlessly through the cold, inhospitable wasteland that is space. And it's already been seven ...

Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes difficult pursuit of tracking deep-space objects.

an organization collecting data on small celestial bodies in the solar system, announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid, designated 2018 CN41. Submitted by a citizen scientist, the object ...

Tesla Roadster misclassified as an asteroid by the Minor Planet Center Error underscores growing issues with space debris tracking Experts call for better regulations ...

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 ...

In fact, it isn't even a natural object. The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The company sent ...

Recently the Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced the discovery of a new asteroid – 2018 CN41. Its orbit was closer than that of the Moon making it a near-Earth object and subject to the ...

In fact, it isn't even a natural object. The wannabe asteroid, announced on Jan. 2 as 2018 CN41, is actually a Tesla Roadster launched into space years ago by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The company ...

Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla ...

They named it 2018 CN41, found it 149,000 miles from Earth, and classified it as a Near-Earth Object (NEO), meaning it could potentially collide with our planet. However, the excitement quickly ...

Earlier this month, an amateur astronomer discovered what appeared to be an asteroid, designated 2018 CN41, that seemed to be passing alarmingly close to Earth. The object came within less than ...