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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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 ...
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20 years ago, the discovery of Eris spelled doom for planet Pluto
When astronomers found a large world farther out than Pluto, it became one of the final nails in the coffin of our ninth ...
Two mysterious fast radio bursts originated from wildly different places in space
Astronomers have traced two mysterious fast radio bursts from space to wildly different places, which suggests the phenomenon ...
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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.
Advanced radio telescope technology 'sifts' space for mysteries
The first trial of an Australian-developed technology has detected mysterious objects by sifting through signals from space ...
Scientists' strange discovery in space could finally unlock the mystery of dark matter
The discovery could help scientists get closer to understanding the mysterious invisible matter that makes up the bulk of our ...
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Astronomers fixated on fast radio bursts from very different space locations
Fresh research has indicated that astronomers have discovered fast radio bursts (FRBs) emanating from a far-distant ‘dead’ ...
Discovery on Overdrive: Australia’s New Tech Uncovers Mysterious Signals From Deep Space
CRACO, a powerful new telescope technology from Australia, is helping astronomers detect mysterious cosmic signals faster than ever. It has already led to several major discoveries, including fast ...