Oct. 22, 2009 J. D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M09-205 NASA'S FERMI TELESCOPE CELEBRATES FIRST YEAR OF GAMMA-RAY SCIENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 29, to discuss the first-year science results from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The briefing will be held in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. S.W., in Washington. It will be carried live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's Web site. Fermi studies gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light. Findings discussed will include measurements relevant to the search for new theories of gravity. The panelists are: - Jon Morse, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters - Julie McEnery, Fermi project scientist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. - Peter Michelson, Fermi Large Area Telescope principal investigator, Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. - Robert Kirshner, professor of astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. - Mario Livio, astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore Reporters unable to attend the briefing may ask questions by telephone. To reserve a telephone line, journalists should e-mail their name, media affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at: j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx For NASA television schedules, downlinks and streaming video, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/fermi -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
