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NASA’s Lucy mission will continue its journey to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids, which share Jupiter’s orbit around the ...

The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.

However, hours later the MPC announced it was removing the object from its records because it wasn't an asteroid at all. It ...

Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid — only to realize ... Agency ...

April 20 Lucy Spacecraft Flyby NASA's Lucy spacecraft will fly by asteroid Donaldjohanson as part of its mission to study Trojan asteroids. May 6 Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Peak The peak of the ...

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Astronomers have been left red-faced after announcing the discovery of a new near-Earth asteroid ... NASA's Lucy probe, the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo mission and others — as ...

On January 2, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the unique asteroid 2018 CN41, but soon had to remove the ...

An amateur astronomer submitted evidence of a new near-Earth asteroid that turned out to be ... European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, NASA's Lucy probe, the joint European-Japanese BepiColombo ...

It looked like an asteroid, but it was a Tesla: the space mix-up involving the celestial object 2018 CN41 was resolved in a few hours. Initially cataloged as a new asteroid, it was later ...