NASA'S WISE Scientists to Discuss Black Holes and Extreme Objects

Aug. 23, 2012

J.D. Harrington
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov

Whitney Clavin
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
818-354-4673
whitney.clavin@jpl.nasa.gov

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NASA'S WISE SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS BLACK HOLES AND EXTREME OBJECTS

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT,
Wednesday, Aug. 29, to announce new discoveries from its Wide-field
Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The discoveries are related to the
distant universe, including supermassive black holes and rare
galaxies.

The briefing participants are:

-- Daniel Stern, astronomer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL),
Pasadena, Calif.
-- Peter Eisenhardt, WISE project scientist, JPL
-- Jingwen Wu, astronomer, JPL
-- Rachel Somerville, Downsbrough Chair in Astrophysics, Rutgers
University

A link to the teleconference graphics will be available at the start
of the event at:

www.nasa.gov/wise

For dial-in information, reporters should email their name,
affiliation and telephone number to j.d.harrington@nasa.gov by noon
Aug. 29.

For live audio of the teleconference, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio


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