While with the University of Arizona-Dept of Planetary Sciences, Roger Tanner worked on the Mars Pathfinder Stereo Camera, the Stereo Camera and Robotic Arm Camera for Mars98, two cameras for Mars01, some parts for the Mars Recon Orbiter Camera, the … Continue reading →

GMAC's Fall Meteorite Hunt is a public event near Hamburg Township, Michigan, where treasure hunters young and old get to join the search for undiscovered Hamburg meteorites. This year we are staging at a new, undisclosed location near Hamburg Township, … Continue reading →

Jim's presentation is about the LSST, one of the most exciting of the next generation of Giant Telescopes. It will be the worlds most sophisticated “Survey Telescope”. You may rightly ask,….”what is a survey telescope ?”,…….and “why should I be … Continue reading →

Stop by the Milford Proving Grounds, on the morning of November 11th, to view a rare event! On this day, the planet Mercury will cross (or transit) the disc of the sun between 8 AM and 1 PM. The GM … Continue reading →

Exhibition open November 22, 2019 through Summer 2020. Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace, braved the unknown to give the world a remarkable window into humankind’s closest living relatives: chimpanzees. In … Continue reading →

The club will close out the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing with a presentation by Dr. Dale Partin. Dale will talk about the Moon, it's origins, and humanity's relationship with it. He says, "The Moon has fascinated people … Continue reading →

Buddy Stark from Longway Planetarium. "We’ll talk about the possibilities of a supernova in our lifetime, ideas about the age and origin of this giant, and why even nailing down a precise distance for this relatively close star has been … Continue reading →

Dr. Rajib Ganguly-How Many Ways Can A Black Hole Kill You? Black holes lurk in the vastness of space. But unlike their Hollywood depictions, black holes don't go around devouring everything in sight. Nevertheless, they are still dangerous creatures, and … Continue reading →

Tim Campbell will provide a simplified understanding of four-dimensional space-time and will provide some evidence to support it including methods to graphically work out space-time distortions without the use of math. It starts with exploring historical ideas about light, both … Continue reading →

Everyone knows that we've sent autonomous probes to the Moon and Mars many times, to Mercury a few times, to the outer planets quite a lot. But we hardly ever hear anyone talk about Venus. Maybe you know that the … Continue reading →