The “asteroid” wasn’t a space rock after all. It was a cherry-red Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk launched into space to much ...
The newly discovered asteroid, named 2018 CN41, turned out to be a Tesla launched into space by SpaceX in 2018.
On January 2, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of the unique asteroid 2018 CN41, but soon had to remove the ...
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 ...
In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will ...
A spacecraft has captured incredibly detailed images of Mercury during a close flyby. BepiColombo, a joint ESA-JAXA mission, made its closest approach on January 8, 2025. Flying 295 km above Mercury, ...
The video footage shows Mercury's northern plains, characterised by ancient lava flows and craters that have remained in permanent shadow.
The European and Japanese robotic explorer swooped as close as 295 kilometers above Mercury’s night side before passing ...
The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...
A spacecraft named BepiColombo is currently zipping by planet Mercury, making a very close flyby and snapping incredible high ...
The European Space Agency (ESA)’s BepiColombo mission has made another flyby of Mercury, capturing fascinating images of this lesser-studied inner planet. On January 8, 2025, the spacecraft made its ...
The Associated Press has more here. A close-up photo of Mercury showing northern plains taken by the European-Japanese ...