Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites April 18

Friday April 18 at 5:30 pm

Join us at the Newfield Public Library as we host the Spacecraft Planetary Imaging Facility for a presentation on comets, asteroids, and meteorites, a comet-making demo, and an opportunity to touch some meteorites! Even the smallest objects in the Solar System hold vast treasures of knowledge. They are both fascinating, beautiful, and a small but real threat to us. Past spacecraft missions have revealed just a few of these tiny worlds up close, while current and planned missions are ushering in a new era of study by returning pristine samples to Earth for generations of scientists to examine.