Aug. 9, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-147 NASA TO HOLD MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ABOUT RECORD-BREAKING GALAXY CLUSTER WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 15, to discuss an extraordinary galaxy cluster that is smashing several important cosmic records. The panelists are: -- Michael McDonald, Hubble Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. -- Bradford Benson, astrophysicist, University of Chicago -- Megan Donahue, professor of astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing -- Martin Rees, professor of cosmology and astrophysics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom For dial-in information to ask questions, reporters must send their name, media affiliation and telephone number to j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx by noon Aug. 15. The general public also can ask the panelists questions via Twitter using the hashtag #asknasa. Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio For more information about NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, visit: http://chandra.harvard.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/chandra -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
