May 24, 2010 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. 301-286-2806 lynn.chandler-1@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-077 NASA HOLDS MEDIA BRIEFING ON RESULTS OF BLACK HOLE SURVEY WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference Wednesday, May 26, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss new results from the Swift satellite's survey of active black holes. Swift's hard X-ray survey detects supermassive black holes in the hearts of nearby galaxies that are absorbing gas and emitting energy. The survey has uncovered dozens of previously unknown active black holes that were hidden from observations at other wavelengths. These discoveries confirm theoretical ideas about how black hole activity is triggered. The teleconference panelists are: - Neil Gehrels, Swift principal investigator, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. - Michael Koss, graduate student, University of Maryland - Meg Urry, professor, Yale University - Joel Bregman, professor, University of Michigan To participate in the teleconference, reporters should e-mail J.D. Harrington at j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx by 10 a.m. May 26. Requests must include the media affiliation and telephone number. Supporting information for the briefing will be posted at noon on May 26: http://www.nasa.gov/swift Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio -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
