1 day ago · Astronomers have retracted the discovery of a new asteroid after realizing the object was the remains of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster and its driver "Starman," which were launched into space in 2018.

2 days ago · Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric car launched into space as payload on a rocket.

4 days ago · Astronomers Thought They Had Found A Dangerous Asteroid Near Earth — It Was Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster A Tesla launched in space in 2018 was mistaken for an asteroid in 2025.

1 day ago · The vehicle—previously owned and driven by Elon Musk, CEO of both Tesla and SpaceX—was launched with Falcon Heavy on the rocket’s first test flight in 2018 to simulate the mass of a payload.

1 day ago · Science Astronomers make a huge mistake and confuse a new asteroid with Elon Musk’s Tesla: “It turned out to be space junk” The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics had to retract ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Back to Article List Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

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

An object in space that astronomers initially identified as an alarmingly close asteroid headed towards Earth turns out to be a Tesla car that Elon Musk launched in 2018 as part of a publicity ...

6 days ago · Astronomers announced the discovery of a new asteroid flying precariously close to earth— only to learn it was actually a Tesla sports car launched into the cosmos by Elon Musk as a publicity ...

4 days ago · The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.