Donald Savage
Headquarters, Washington
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(Phone: 202/358-1547)
Guido De Marchi
ESA Science Communications, Netherlands
(Intl. Phone: 31/71-565-3273)
Megan Watzke
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center, Cambridge, Mass.
(Phone: 617/496-7998)
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February 17, 2004
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Black Hole Mayhem: New Results From Chandra And XMM-Newton
The Space Science Update (SSU) originally scheduled for 1 p.m. EST Wed. Feb. 18, will be delayed one hour and will begin at 2 p.m. EST Wed. Feb. 18, in the James E. Webb Auditorium, NASA Headquarters, 300 E St., S.W., Washington.
The SSU will be web cast live on:
http://www.nasa.gov
Reporters not participating at NASA Centers can phone in with questions at: 202/358-7020 and 202/358-7021.
New X-ray data from two orbiting satellites, providing the best evidence to date for a spectacular black hole event, long predicted by theory but not confirmed until now, will be the subject of the next SSU.
Science team leaders will present their findings for this discovery, which could provide crucial information about how these black holes grow and affect surrounding stars and gas.
The SSU will be carried live on NASA TV with two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters covering the event at participating NASA centers.
Panelists:
-- Dr. Stefanie Komossa, postdoctoral researcher, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
-- Dr. Guenther Hasinger, astrophysicist, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
-- Dr. Kim Weaver, astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
-- Dr. Alex Filippenko, professor, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
-- Panel Moderator: Dr. Paul Hertz, Senior Scientist for Astronomy and Physics, Office of
Space Science, NASA Headquarters, Washington.
NASA Television is available on AMC-9, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees west longitude. The frequency is 3880.0 MHz. Polarization is vertical, and audio is monaural at 6.80 MHz. For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit:
For information about NASA TV on the Internet, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Audio of the broadcast is available on a listen-only voice circuit from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla. at: 321/867-1220/1240/1260.
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