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Newly discovered near-Earth asteroid isn't an asteroid at all — it's Elon Musk's trashed Tesla
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.
Astronomers announce discovery of new asteroid — only to learn it’s a Tesla sports car hurling through space
The Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., officially registered the new space rock Jan. 2, saying it was spotted hurling through the final frontier roughly 150,000 miles from Earth, according
Mysterious New Asteroid Turns Out To Be Tesla Roadster in Space
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
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.
Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster Still Out In Space 7 Years Later
Musk's car was accidentally and briefly classified as an asteroid in 2025. The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center issued a bulletin on Jan. 2 announcing 2018 CN41 as a newly discovered near-Earth object.
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 space that could potentially be mistaken for natural celestial bodies
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Tesla and SpaceX Are Building Something Insane!
Tesla and SpaceX are teaming up to build something unlike anything the world has seen before—a next-generation Roadster that ...
Activists Brand Tesla Vehicles with 'Swasticar' Stickers
A U.K. group called Everyone Hates Elon is branding hundreds of Tesla vehicles in London with stickers saying "don't buy swasticars," according to a Novara Media Instagram post. Newsweek has reached ...
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 ...
Toddlers, trains, and fairy tales — Elon Musk's best quotes from the Tesla earnings call
During Tesla's earnings call, Elon Musk mentioned Superman, telescopes, Hollywood, and inventors shouting "Eureka!" ...
Tesla Earnings: Stock Whipsaws As Revenue, Sales Fall Short Of Estimates
The final earnings release of 2024 finalized another difficult year for Tesla’s bottom line, as its full-year net income came ...
Tesla’s Profit Fell Sharply Last Year
The electric car company run by Elon Musk is facing increasing competition, but investors have focused mostly on the ...
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Musk visits and asserts growing influence at GSA
Musk has former employees installed at the government’s HR shop, and several have appeared at its acquisition, tech and real ...
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Lucid CEO: This Is How Elon Musk Picked Tesla's Strange Charge Port Placement
As the Lucid Gravity EV gets Supercharger access this week, CEO Peter Rawlinson (a former Tesla exec) gives us the rundown on ...