Looking at Planets Near and Far

Join us for an hour-long presentation at the Abrams Planetarium. We will start with a showing of "Out There: The Search for Extrasolar Planets" and explore how our perception of our place in the Universe has changed and how the discoveries of exoplanets we made in the last decades even surpassed the dreams of science fiction authors. This is followed by a presentation from faculty and graduate students from the MSU department of Earth and Environmental Sciences called "Asteroids, Comets, and the History of the Cosmos" where you will learn about how studying our neighborhood helps us understand the universe.