asteroid, Tesla Roadster

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.
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.
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.
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.
Asteroid? Nope, It’s Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster Cruising Through Space
Less than 24 hours after the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a new asteroid, they said it was actually Musk's car.
Strange new asteroid turns out to be Tesla Roadster
A strange object recently spotted orbiting Earth has been identified as a Tesla Roadster. Initially classified as asteroid "2018 CN41" by the Minor Planet Center (MPC) on January 2, 2025, the object was discovered by an amateur astronomer based in Turkey.
The Tesla Space on MSN18h
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN17h
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 ...
Tesla earnings call: Elon Musk reveals timeline for driverless cars, humanoid robots
Elon Musk said Tesla will begin launching unsupervised self-driving models in Austin, Texas by June and several other U.S.
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 ...
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 ...
Meta, Tesla and Microsoft Upstaged the Fed With Ambitious Visions and Mixed Earnings
CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Photo credit: Getty The Fed is used to steering ...
Tesla Stock ‘Somehow’ Rises Despite Big Earnings Miss—As Musk Predicts It Will Be World’s Biggest Company
The final earnings release of 2024 finalized another difficult year for Tesla’s bottom line, as its full-year net income came in at $8.4 billion, a 23% decrease from 2023 and a 40% decline from 2022’s ...
Carro e Motos on MSN17h
Morgan Freeman invested in Tesla and may have earned a 3,000% profit on the company’s shares
Morgan Freeman revealed in 2016 that he was a Tesla investor and an admirer of Elon Musk, praising his visionary ideas and achievements with SpaceX.