February 20, 2004

Donald Savage
Headquarters, Washington

(Phone: 202/358-1547) 

Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
(Phone: 410/338-4514)

NOTE TO EDITORS: n04-030

MEDIA TELECON TO DISCUSS LATEST DARK-ENERGY FINDINGS, FRI. 3 P.M.

The latest findings bearing on the nature of dark energy and how it 
may affect the ultimate fate of the universe -- and whether Einstein 
was right after all -- will be the subject of a media telecon today 
at 3 p.m. EST. 

Participants will be:



Dr. Adam Reiss, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute, 
Baltimore 
Dr. Louis-Gregory Strolger, astronomer, Space Telescope Science 
Institute 
The telecon will be for reporters only. To participate, reporters in 
the U.S. can dial in at
888/282-0354, and outside the U.S., reporters can dial in at 
+1-630-395-0031. The passcode is "dark energy."

	
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