Don Savage
Headquarters, Washington, DC                  May 27, 1998
(Phone:  202/358-1547)

Bill Steigerwald
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
(Phone:  301/286-5017)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N98-35

NEXT SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE TO RELEASE FIRST IMAGE OF A 
POSSIBLE PLANET AROUND ANOTHER STAR, MAY 28

     The next Space Science Update (SSU) will feature what 
may well be the most important discovery to date for NASA's 
Hubble Space Telescope:  the first direct look at what may be 
a planet outside our solar system.  The planet is estimated 
to be 2-3 times the mass of Jupiter and apparently has been 
ejected from the vicinity of a newly forming pair of binary 
stars.  Although still early in the research process, the 
data is being released because of its potential importance 
and the compelling nature of the image.

     The SSU will be held at NASA Headquarters auditorium, 
300 E St. S.W., Washington, DC, at 1:00 p.m. EDT, May 28, and 
will be carried live on NASA TV with 2-way question-and-
answer capability for reporters covering the event from 
participating NASA Centers. 

     Panelists will be:
- Susan Terebey, Extrasolar Research Corporation, Pasadena, CA
- Dr. Alan Boss, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 
      Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC
- Dr. Steve Strom, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Dr. Anne L. Kinney, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD
- Dr. Ed Weiler, Director of NASA's Origins Program, panel moderator

     NASA Television is carried on GE-2, transponder 9C, 85 
degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, frequency 3880 
MHz, audio 6.8 Megahertz.  Audio of the press briefing is 
available by telephone by calling 407/867-1220.

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