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 ...
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 ...
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Earth's recent asteroid visitor might've been a piece of the moon
2024 PT5 is the second near-Earth asteroid scientists suspect was ejected from the moon's surface, the first being 469219 ...
NASA scientist warns 'risk of asteroid impact is real' and 'consequences are huge'
A NASA scientist has warned that "the risk of an asteroid impact is real" and the "consequences would be huge" as he urges ...
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See The Giraffe-Sized Asteroid Found On Saturday Whizz Scary Close To Earth This Week
An asteroid about the size of a giraffe was discovered ... The close pass will be shown in real-time by The Virtual Telescope Project, a set of two powerful 14-inch and 17-inch robotic telescopes ...
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Dinosaur extinction: 'Asteroid strike was real culprit'
Was it the asteroid or colossal volcanism that initiated the demise of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago? This has been a bit of a "to and fro" argument of late, but now a group of scientists has ...