After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.

After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.

The asteroid was named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness and is believed to be shaped like a peanut. One hour after Apophis makes its close approach to Earth on April 13, 2029, OSIRIS-APEX — ...

The newly renamed OSIRIS-APEX mission is setting a course for Apophis, an asteroid with a fear-inducing reputation. The space rock — named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness — was once ...

The asteroid was named for the Egyptian god of chaos and darkness and is believed to be shaped like a peanut. One hour after Apophis makes its close approach to Earth on April 13, ...

(CNN) — After successfully delivering NASA’s first asteroid sample collected in space, the OSIRIS-REx mission, now renamed OSIRIS-APEX, is embarking on a new journey — this time to study an ...

After delivering an asteroid sample to Earth Sunday, the newly expanded OSIRIS-APEX mission is heading to Apophis. The asteroid will come within 20,000 miles of Earth in 2029.

New simulations reveal that there is an extremely small chance that the "city-killer" asteroid Apophis could be nudged onto a ...

An asteroid named for the ancient Egyptian god of darkness and disorder may not pose a hazard to Earth, but that does not mean Earth is not a hazard to it. When asteroid 99942 Apophis flies ...

While Osiris is often considered the Egyptian god of the underworld or god of the dead, experts told Live Science it's not that simple. It would be a mistake to call Osiris a god of death, Andrea ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed stunning gold jewelry, including a ring depicting the "god of fun," in a burial that's more than 3,300 years old, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...