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FOX News on MSN · 22h

Newly discovered asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster launched into space

Astronomers mistook a Tesla Roadster that was launched into orbit in 2018 for an asteroid earlier this month. The registry of what was thought to be an asteroid was soon deleted.

USA Today · 1d

Space object or sports car? How a Tesla Roadster was briefly mistaken for an asteroid

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.

Astronomy on MSN · 3d

Astronomers just deleted an asteroid because it turned out to be Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster

The case of mistaken identity was quickly resolved, but astronomers say it shows the need for transparency around craft in deep space.

New York Post on MSN · 1d

Astronomers announce discovery of new asteroid — only to learn it’s a Tesla sports car hurling through space

Total space cadets! Harvard University-affiliated astronomers announced the discovery of a new asteroid zooming precariously close to Earth — only to learn it was actually a Tesla sports car launched by Elon Musk as a publicity stunt seven years ago,

Hosted on MSN3h

Asteroid 2024 YY5 to safely zoom past Earth on January 26

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is tracking the asteroid 2024 YY5. The space rock will approach Earth on Sunday, January 26.

Space on MSN1d

Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon

Earth's temporary asteroid friend last year was a chunk of its real moon that had been blasted into space thousands of years ...

21h

Asteroid threat? A giant, 44-foot, house-sized space rock approaching Earth tomorrow; here's what NASA says

How close will asteroid 2024 YY5 come? Asteroid 2024 YY5 will pass Earth on 26 January 2025. It will maintain a distance of 2 ...

It’s Not Sci-Fi: Americans Support Asteroid Defense Spending

In the United States, funding for planetary defense has long had strong bipartisan support both inside and outside of ...

3d

Study finds that Earth's small asteroid visitor is likely a chunk of moon rock

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

13d

This is the asteroid that will pass close to Earth on Sunday and will not be seen again until 2087: how to observe it from home

Alinda, which measures about 4.2 kilometers in diameter, can be seen from our planet. This is due to an astronomical ...

ThePrint on MSN10h

14-year-old Noida boy discovers an asteroid, NASA is letting him name it

Through the International Asteroid Discovery Project, Daksh Malik successfully discovered asteroid 2023 OG40 in the main ...

9don MSN

NASA Tracking Washington Monument-Sized Asteroid Nearing Earth

The asteroid, named 2022 CE2, is estimated by NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to be about 370 feet across, with JPL's ...

The Times of Israel2d

Asteroid Apophis and its End-Time Message

The second visit of asteroid Apophis in 2036, also on April 13, heralds the coming of the Messiah and the beginning of a new ...

Hosted on MSN7h

Asteroid with potential of smashing into Earth spotted by scientists - before object revealed to be something very different

Harvard astronomers were left red-faced after mistaking Elon Musk's orbiting Tesla Roadster for a potentially dangerous ...

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