Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

How did it ascend to that point? The asteroid that was headed towards Earth was actually a Tesla. An amateur astronomer ...

Space law academic states recent misidentification of asteroid—it was a Tesla Roadster heading to Mars!—reminds Earth ...

According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its first close approach to Mars on Oct. 7, 2020.

The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster launched by SpaceX in 2018.

On January 2, astronomers identified an object as asteroid 2018 CN41, but later confirmed to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, ...

Astronomers were left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid, only to discover that the ...

However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...

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