June 8, 2011 Trent Perrotto Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 trent.j.perrotto@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-116 NASA ANNOUNCES TELEVISED BLACK HOLE PRESS CONFERENCE WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a press conference at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, June 15, to discuss new discoveries about giant black holes in the early universe. The event will be in the NASA Headquarters Webb auditorium located at 300 E Street SW in Washington. NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. The panelists for the announcement are: -- Wilt Sanders, Chandra program scientist, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- Ezequiel Treister, astrophysicist, University of Hawaii, Hilo -- Kevin Schawinski, astrophysicist, Yale University, New Haven -- Priya Natarajan, professor, Yale University -- Mitchell Begelman, professor, University of Colorado, Boulder Reporters may attend the event, join by phone, or ask questions from participating NASA locations. To RSVP or obtain dial-in information, journalists must contact Trent Perrotto at trent.j.perrotto@xxxxxxxx with their name, media affiliation and work telephone number by 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 15. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and schedule information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/chandra and http://chandra.si.edu -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
