NASA Announces Televised Black Hole Press Conference

[NASA News <hqnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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 

	
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