NASA | Asteroid Bennu's Journey

Bennu's Journey is a 6-minute animated movie about NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, Asteroid Bennu, and the formation of our solar system. Born from the rubble of a violent collision, hurled through space for millions of years, Asteroid Bennu has had a tough life in a rough neighborhood - the early solar system. Bennu's Journey shows what is known and what remains mysterious about the evolution of Bennu and the planets. By retrieving a sample of Bennu, OSIRIS-REx will teach us more about the raw ingredients of the solar system and our own origins.

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[hk__]

Love you NASA! You're a real bro.

[KarbineKyle]

I love space exploration with a passion! It always has so much to give us to explore!

[damondisepio]

Here when Osiris has found a landing spot

[pakde]

And now we've been there. Congratulations NASA

[Validor_D]

Thanks for this Goddard. Amazing video.

[rosangeladoro]

SENSATIONAL!!!
HUGS FROM BRAZIL,
ROSANGELA D'ORO

[MultiMonitorComputer]

Wow that's the best video i've ever seen explaining the formation of the solar system. thanks

[PAULLONDEN]

Stunning ! All those billions of years are so unfathomable for us humans whose time is so imagine that has all been going on, till finally a planet could form and we we invented "time" us, It just doesn't exist, and the Universe just goes along its merry bound by

[ppsicop]

My granny says Bennu popped into existence as it is now about 6, 000 years ago. She said it. I trust her. And that's that.

[SHAURYA]

2:40 at proto-planet *damn the expanse*

[yamilandres]

excellent video... and music couldn't be better ;-)

[WanderingSoul-MP]

Us: well the dinosaur extinction sure sounds awful! Glad we’re still here!
Bennu: **”Dies Irae - Requiem” blasting**
Jupiter: don’t even think about it

[fcap]

we keep on learning exciting things :)

[kaligula]

To the future generations reading this I hope you take better care of our planet than we did

[marcusbrwn]

Regarding Bennu Asteroid before 2135. match speed and velocity, anchor nuclear rockets on it's surface, do it ahead of time, slow it down, change its trajectory, put it into orbit, hollow it out, mine it, build a space station. Feasibility study...

[lo]

wonderful! i believe the awesome music composer is Steven Archer from Ego Likeness

[electrostaticionengines]

Very interesting and enjoyable video, THANKS

[srbreezy]

My ghost will stand looking up at the asteroid with sunglasses and both middle fingers crossed.

[evolve]

Awesome nasa! Thanks science! And evolution! I love it. Thanks!

[PatKittle]

Astronomy makes war seem stupid.

I'm an American who wants all countries' astronomy to be successful.