NASA's Fermi to Reveal New Findings About the Early Universe

Oct. 29, 2012

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

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-209

NASA'S FERMI TO REVEAL NEW FINDINGS ABOUT THE EARLY UNIVERSE

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on
Thursday, Nov. 1, to discuss new measurements using gamma rays to
investigate ancient starlight with the agency's Fermi Gamma-ray Space
Telescope.

Science Journal has embargoed details until 2 p.m. on Nov. 1.

The teleconference panelists are:

- Justin Finke, astrophysicist, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington
- Marco Ajello, astrophysicist, Kavli Institute for Particle
Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, and the Space
Sciences Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley
- Volker Bromm, associate professor, department of astronomy,
University of Texas at Austin



For dial-in information, journalists should e-mail their name, media
affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov.

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live on NASA's website
at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

For more information about NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/fermi


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