Oct. 22, 2010

J.D. Harrington 
Headquarters, Washington 
202-358-5241 
j.d.harrington@nasa.gov

Michael Mewhinney 
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
650.604.3937
michael.s.mewhinney@nasa.gov  

Anders Correll
Aarhus University Press Office, Denmark
+45 2899 2235
ac@adm.au.dk 

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-90

INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF ASTRONOMERS TO DISCUSS KEPLER FINDINGS

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium 
(KASC) at Aarhus University in Denmark will hold a media 
teleconference on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at 8 a.m. PDT to discuss the 
latest discoveries about stars and their structures using data from 
NASA's Kepler spacecraft. 

Kepler, an observatory launched in March 2009, is designed to search 
for Earth-size planets orbiting other stars. NASA and the KASC 
developed a joint collaboration to further our understanding of the 
structure and evolution of stars. 

NASA's science team uses Kepler data to search for exoplanets, planets 
outside of the solar system. KASC uses it to investigate the 
astrophysics of stars. By using the natural pulse of stellar light 
waves, the research team has examined and characterized thousands of 
stars, thereby gaining new insights into stellar structure and 
evolution. 

To participate in the teleconference, reporters should e-mail Thomas 
Sorensen at ths@adm.au.dk by 5 a.m. PDT on Oct. 26. Journalists must 
include their name, media affiliation and telephone number. At the 
beginning of the telecon, supporting information will be posted at: 

http://astro.phys.au.dk/KASC/ 

The panelists are: 

Natalie Batalha, professor of physics and astronomy, San Jose State 
University, California and co-investigator on NASA's Kepler Mission

Hans Kjeldsen, associate professor, KASC, Aarhus University, Denmark

Travis S. Metcalfe, scientist at The National Center for Atmospheric 
Research, Boulder, Colorado

Daniel Huber, Ph.D. student, University of Sydney, Australia

Thomas Kallinger, postdoctoral student, Universities of British 
Columbia, Canada

Katrien Kolenberg, postdoctoral student, Institute of Astronomy in 
Vienna, Austria 

Steven Bloemen, Ph.D. student, Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, Katholieke 
Universiteit Leuven, Belgium



Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: 

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio 

	
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