Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago
How old are the Universe, the Solar System and asteroid Bennu? OSIRIS-REx presents a video which explores how many birthday candles would be on the Universe’s birthday cake.
OSIRIS-REx is on the web at
AsteroidMission.org
Facebook: facebook.com/OSIRISREx
Twitter: @OSIRISREx
Music: Feeling Positive by Matthias Harris
Narrator: Tiffany Hawley
Thanks to the 321Science! team: Anna Spitz, Symeon Platts, Melissa Dykhuis, James Keane, Heather Roper, Hannah Tanquary, Rob Zellem, Zoe Bentley, Rose Patchell, Sarah Spitz, Ross Dubois, and OSIRIS-REx Scientists and Educators.
This video was written and produced by Tiffany Hawley as part of a NASA Space Grant Summer Internship with the OSIRIS-REx mission, funded by NASA Space Grant.
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.
How old are the Universe, the Solar System and asteroid Bennu? OSIRIS-REx presents a video which explores how many birthday candles would be on the Universe’s birthday cake.
OSIRIS-REx is on the web at
AsteroidMission.org
Facebook: facebook.com/OSIRISREx
Twitter: @OSIRISREx
Music: Feeling Positive by Matthias Harris
Narrator: Tiffany Hawley
Thanks to the 321Science! team: Anna Spitz, Symeon Platts, Melissa Dykhuis, James Keane, Heather Roper, Hannah Tanquary, Rob Zellem, Zoe Bentley, Rose Patchell, Sarah Spitz, Ross Dubois, and OSIRIS-REx Scientists and Educators.
This video was written and produced by Tiffany Hawley as part of a NASA Space Grant Summer Internship with the OSIRIS-REx mission, funded by NASA Space Grant.
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.
