Uploaded December 2013 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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Published on December 8, 2013.

What are asteroids? What is science fiction and how much is science fact? OSIRIS-REx presents the first 321Science video about asteroids. This video looks at asteroids in popular culture to explore how much is fact and how much is fiction.

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AsteroidMission.org
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Music: Feeling Positive by Matthias Harris

Thanks to the 321Science team: Anna Spitz, Symeon Platts, Melissa Dykhuis, James Keane, Heather Roper, Zoe Bentley, Rose Patchell, Sarah Spitz, Ross Dubois, and OSIRIS-REx Scientists and Educators.

OSIRIS-REx Presents 321Science posts entertaining videos about asteroid science and mission information. OSIRIS-REx is a NASA New Frontiers Mission which will launch to asteroid Bennu in 2016 and return a sample of the asteroid to Earth in 2023.

For another look at asteroid impacts, check out AsapSCIENCE and the Planetary Society's video youtube.com/watch?v=Agdvt9M3NJA