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

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

Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric ...

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

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

A space law expert has said Elon Musk could be in deep trouble his personal Tesla car crashed back into the planet.

Researchers have admitted to mistakenly identifying Elon Musk's car as a near-Earth asteroid, highlighting the importance ...

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 ...

The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much ...

Musk launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space on February 6, 2018, as a test payload for the Falcon Heavy rocket.

According to SpaceX’s own calculation, the Roadster completed its first orbit around the Sun in August 2019 and made its ...