Astronomers mistook a car SpaceX blasted into space years ago as an asteroid. The brief mix-up highlights the sometimes ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday (February 13) in Washington, D.C., where they discussed issues including space, mobility, technology and innovation, Modi said ...

“If we’re confused about whether something is an unknown asteroid or a Tesla Roadster, then it starts to cost us money to do things like tracking it or figuring it out.” That’s why better ...

The asteroid was originally believed to have a 1.3% chance of hitting Earth, but further observations have bumped the odds up to 2.3%. But here’s why you shouldn’t get too worried.

But more recently, the car spawned a high-profile case of mistaken identity as space observers mistook it for an asteroid. Several observations of the vehicle, gathered by sweeping surveys of the ...

The citizen scientist assumed the mystery object was an undocumented asteroid and promptly sent ... if you don’t know up front it’s a Tesla Roadster, there is no way to tell,” Veres added.