What an amateur astronomer recently took to be a newly-discovered asteroid turned out to be a Tesla Roadster voyaging through the cosmos.

Less than 24 hours after the Minor Planet Center announced a new asteroid, it said the object was actually Musk's electric car launched into space as payload on a rocket.

A photo of “Starman” and Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster shared by SpaceX in 2018. SpaceX via Getty Images On this day seven years ago, SpaceX launched the maiden flight of Falcon Heavy ...