Aug. 23, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241 j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-4673 whitney.clavin@xxxxxxxxxxxx MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-157 NASA'S WISE SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS BLACK HOLES AND EXTREME OBJECTS WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 29, to announce new discoveries from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The discoveries are related to the distant universe, including supermassive black holes and rare galaxies. The briefing participants are: -- Daniel Stern, astronomer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif. -- Peter Eisenhardt, WISE project scientist, JPL -- Jingwen Wu, astronomer, JPL -- Rachel Somerville, Downsbrough Chair in Astrophysics, Rutgers University A link to the teleconference graphics will be available at the start of the event at: www.nasa.gov/wise For dial-in information, reporters should email their name, affiliation and telephone number to j.d.harrington@xxxxxxxx by noon Aug. 29. For live audio of the teleconference, visit: 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
