An amature astronomer spotted a near Earth object and alerted authorities only to realize it was Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster ...

I’m not kidding. In January, astronomers at the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2018 CN41, which was detected less than 240,000 kilometres from Earth.

The organization initially named it 2018 CN41, mistaking it for a newly discovered near-Earth object. However, the mistake was later corrected, and the object was reclassified as 2018-017A, which ...

The International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center issued a bulletin on January 2 announcing 2018 CN41 as a newly discovered near-Earth object. However, in a follow-up notice, the ...

naming it '2018 CN41.' This asteroid was said to be a near-Earth object (NEO) orbiting within 150,000 miles (about 240,000 km) of Earth, but after the announcement, it was discovered to be a car ...