11 hours 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.

1 day ago · An Amateur Astronomer Seemingly Spotted a New Asteroid. It Turned Out to Be a Tesla in Space The car, launched in 2018 on a SpaceX rocket’s upper stage, is one of many human-made objects in deep ...

3 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.

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

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

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

1 day ago · An amateur astronomer spotted an asteroid, sparking concerns of a possible collision with Earth. The asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster.

About a year ago, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics mistakenly registered a Tesla Roadster as an asteroid. The object was named 2018 CN41; however, the confusion ...

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.