March 29, 2006 Erica Hupp Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1237 Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (818) 354-4673 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-052 NASA ANNOUNCES SPITZER PLANET FINDER UPDATE Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, April 5 to announce the discovery of a strange place where planets might be forming. Reporters must call the Jet Propulsion Laboratory media relations office by 4 p.m. EDT April 4 at (818) 354-5011 for participation information. Images and graphics supporting the briefing will be posted online at the start of the briefing at: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/spitzer-20060405.html Audio of the event will be streamed live on the Web at: www.nasa.gov/newsaudio Briefing participants: - Deepto Chakrabarty, astrophysicist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge - Chas Beichman, astronomer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. - Aleksander Wolszczan, astrophysicist, Penn State University, University Park, Pa. A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV on April 5. NASA TV is carried on an MPEG-2 digital signal accessed via satellite AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. It's available in Alaska and Hawaii on AMC-7 at 137 degrees west longitude, transponder 18C, at 4060 MHz, horizontal polarization. For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/home -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: hqnews-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To remove your address from the list, send a message to: hqnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
