In 2018, Elon Musk sent his cherry red Tesla Roadster into orbit aboard the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

It's not an asteroid. It's a Tesla Roadster launched in 2018 from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy driver named "Starman." Less than a day after astronomers announced the discovery of a new ...

Tracking old and defunct spacecraft across the solar system is becoming a problem, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works ...

The next day it was pointed out the orbit matches an artificial object 2018-017A, Falcon Heavy Upper stage with the Tesla ...

The Tesla Roadster and the mannequin "Starman" on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy upper stage, with Earth in background. SpaceX At the beginning of the year, scientists at the Minor Planet Center at the ...

A newly discovered near-Earth object has caused ruckus amongst scientists, provoking a flurry of comments from the general public on online portals. Originally categorized as an extremely dangerous ...

What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos. Yep, you read that right. The infinite vastness of outer space ...

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 ...

The discovery of a new asteroid this month has turned out to be anything but. In fact, it isn't even a natural object. "The Tesla case is not an isolated case," astronomer Jonathan McDowell of the ...