Wednesday, June 8, 2011

NASA Announces Televised Black Hole Press Conference

June 8, 2011

Trent Perrotto
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0321
trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov
MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-116

NASA ANNOUNCES TELEVISED BLACK HOLE PRESS CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a press conference at 1:00 p.m. EDT on
Wednesday, June 15, to discuss new discoveries about giant black
holes in the early universe.

The event will be in the NASA Headquarters Webb auditorium located at
300 E Street SW in Washington. NASA Television and the agency's
website will broadcast the event live.

The panelists for the announcement are:
-- Wilt Sanders, Chandra program scientist, NASA Headquarters,
Washington
-- Ezequiel Treister, astrophysicist, University of Hawaii, Hilo
-- Kevin Schawinski, astrophysicist, Yale University, New Haven
-- Priya Natarajan, professor, Yale University
-- Mitchell Begelman, professor, University of Colorado, Boulder

Reporters may attend the event, join by phone, or ask questions from
participating NASA locations. To RSVP or obtain dial-in information,
journalists must contact Trent Perrotto at trent.j.perrotto@nasa.gov
with their name, media affiliation and work telephone number by 9:00
a.m. on Wednesday, June 15.

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit:


http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For more information about NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/chandra


and


http://chandra.si.edu


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