April 11, 2006 Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-0668 Susan Hendrix Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (301) 286-7745 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-063 NASA ANNOUNCES BLACK HOLE MERGER BREAKTHROUGH NASA will hold a media teleconference 1 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April 18, to announce a breakthrough in simulating black hole mergers and predicting their gravitational wave signatures. The finding is based on the largest astrophysical calculation ever performed by a NASA supercomputer. To participate reporters should call: 1-800-369-3196 or: 210-234-0005, passcode "NASA." Images and graphics supporting the briefing will be posted at the start of the event at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/universe/gwave.html Audio of the event will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio Briefing participants: - Joan Centrella, chief, Gravitational Astrophysics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. - Peter Saulson, Syracuse University; Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory Scientific Collaboration - Larry Smarr, University of California, San Diego; director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV on April 18. 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. More information and streaming video links are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv -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
