The reason was simple, if at first nonsensical: The object not only was definitely not an asteroid, but wasn't any sort of space object at all. Rather, it was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster.

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In 2018, Elon Musk and SpaceX made headlines when they launched a Tesla Roadster into space as the payload for the maiden flight of the Falcon Heavy rocket on February 6, 2018, from Kennedy Space ...

And it's already been seven years since SpaceX test-launched its powerful Falcon Heavy rocket, shooting founder Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into space. The cherry-red sports car is still ...

The Feb. 6, 2018 launch shot SpaceX founder Elon Musk's personal Tesla Roadster into space. The sports car is still out there and even suffered from a case of mistaken identity recently when ...

SpaceX launched the Tesla Roadster on the maiden flight of ... "Worst case, you spend a billion launching a space probe to study an asteroid and only realize it’s not an asteroid when you ...

A Tesla Roadster has set off on the longest road trip ... its payload — a red convertible sports car — is now hurtling through space, where it will eventually enter an orbit around the sun ...

Tesla says the Roadster will accelerate to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds and to ... will be offered with a “SpaceX package” which taps into technology used by the space rocket company he also runs. This would ...