April 17, 2006 Dwayne Brown/Grey Hautaluoma Headquarters, Washington (202) 358-1726/0668 Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. (617) 496-7998 MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-064 NASA ANNOUNCES BLACK HOLES FOUND TO BE "GREEN" Astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, April 24, to announce a fundamental discovery about black holes. Reporters must call the Chandra Press Office at (617) 496-7998 or email mwatzke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by 11 a.m. April 24 for participation information. Images and graphics supporting the briefing will be posted online at the start of the briefing at: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/bhcen/media/ Audio of the event will be streamed live on the Web at: www.nasa.gov/newsaudio Briefing participants: - Steven Allen, assistant professor, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. - Christopher Reynolds, associate professor, University of Maryland, College Park - Kimberly Weaver, astrophysicist, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV on April 24. 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, visit: 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
