The Formation of the Solar System in 6 minutes! (4K 'Ultra HD')

The story of how our Earth was formed 4.5 billion years ago, told from the perspective of an asteroid called Bennu (which has survived until now). NASA sent a satellite to study Bennu to help us learn more about the beginning of our solar system.

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This video is courtesy of NASA:
Earth intro:

[catelynekilimasepilo]

shout to the people who go back in 4.5billion years to film this

[ITSRACHELOFFICIAL]

For those who don't understand the video much I'll make it easier for you.(I'm not that good at explaining sorry)
Our solar system was formed when a molecular cloud collapsed into itself because of its OWN gravity. Gases and dust particles start to come together getting closer and faster.
They gain speed in a spinning motion. This process is called 'Accretion'.
The dust particles clump together and form the inner rocky planets while gases orbit the centre farther away and form gas giants..
The centre of accretion disk (disk formed by accretion) starts to form a new star called a protostar. At this point, gravity is still pulling mass together.
The sun makes up about 99.8% of the mass of the solar system. It has a strong gravitational pull keeping all the planets in orbit.
In order for an object to move in a circular path, a force needs to act on the object towards the centre of ITS orbit.
The centre of orbit is not directly on the sun but close enough to the centre so some people say "we orbit the sun" which is not exactly correct.
Any questions? I wrote this myself and my hand is starting to ache (ik this is a bit irrelevant to what the video is trying to tell)

[frostackerman]

Bennu took the exact path my parents took for school. Legend

[larrypugsley]

People really out here turning to YouTube for assignments 😂

[raghaviiyer]

The video quality is mind-blowing and it feels soo realistic to watch. There were many information about formation which was new to me and knowing about asteroid bennu was very new to me and it added an extra knowledge about our solar system .

[anirudh]

Scientists know what happened millions of years ago...
I don't know what I read yesterday for exam..

[joshuamurphy]

I can’t believe that a asteroid from the beginning of our solar system survived this long

[PinkasBrown]

You just gotta give credit to the guy who made this footage. What a visionaire. I mean, to film this knowing that 4.5 billion years later he would be able to post it at you tube. Wow.

:P

[fups]

Since this video released, Osiris Rex was launched, it landed on Bennu, retrieved its sample, and now it's returning by September of this year! I can't wait to see what we find.

[scrmng]

that's so dope. You're just an asteroid floating around in this dark void for billions of years watching planets form around a star. Then suddenly one day a satellite sent by some tiny conscious beings that formed on the planets is landing on you.

[TheDailyConversation]

The story of our solar system's formation, presented in stunning 4k resolution.

[NathanHarrison]

Absolutely incredible video. Thank you so very much for putting it together and sharing it with us.

[gracewang]

The voice of the narrator is super soothing to listen🎉

[sylwyu]

great video but you should have also explained where the solar nursery came from.

[bluemop]

Shoutout to the cameraman who was recording this a few billion years ago

[lynz]

Rip im only here for a physics assignment

[keatonhardy]

Thank you TDC i will honour your vids in the future

[blackoutstudio]

Damn bennu got the main character arc now

[lucasldg]

Props to the 4.6 billion year old guys who filmed this clip for us.

[Evangamerstudios]

Billions of years later an angry moustache man was born