The Minor Planet Center announced in January that an amateur astronomer discovered a new asteroid. However, the MPC deleted the object from its registry less than a day later. The reason? It was a ...

17 hours after the announcement, the authorities recognized that they had erred and issued a correction notice publicly. They confirmed that the recently discovered NEO was actually a Tesla Roadster. ...

It's been 7 years and 14 days since the launch of the vehicle. It has been a little over seven years since SpaceX first test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket. The February 2018 launch also ...

SpaceX streamed video of the Tesla Roadster in space after the launch. Time flies when you're floating aimlessly through the cold, inhospitable wasteland that is space. And it's already been seven ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Time ...

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(CNN) — Seven years after SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s cherry red sports car into orbit around our sun, astronomers unwittingly began paying attention to its movements once again. Observers spotted and ...

Astronomers were left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid, only to discover that the alleged space rock was the wreckage of Elon Musk’s cherry-red Tesla Roadster and ...

A photo of “Starman” and Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster shared by SpaceX in 2018. SpaceX via Getty Images On this day seven years ago, SpaceX launched the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy, a rocket used for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Carlton Reid is a U.K.-based journalist covering sustainability. Feb 04, 2025, 09:50am EST Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon ...