Donald Savage
Headquarters, Washington                   Jan. 3, 2002
(Phone: 202/358-1547)

Nancy Neal
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
(Phone: 301/286-0039)

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

NOTE TO EDITORS:  N02-01

SURPRISING HUBBLE FINDINGS SUBJECT OF NEXT 
SPACE SCIENCE UPDATE JAN. 8

     New findings about starbirth in the early universe -- 
findings that could overturn current theories if verified -- 
will be presented in a Space Science Update at 2:00 p.m. EST 
Tuesday, Jan. 8.

The event will be held in the James E. Webb Auditorium at 
NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW, in Washington. The findings 
being released are the result of new research on the deepest 
views of the Universe ever taken by NASA's Hubble Space 
Telescope.

Panelists include:

*  Dr. Kenneth M. Lanzetta, associate professor of physics 
and astronomy at the State University of New York at Stony 
Brook
*  Dr. Lisa Storrie-Lombardi, astronomer at the SIRTF Science 
Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
*  Dr. Bruce Margon, associate director for science at the 
Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore
*  Dr. Anne Kinney, panel moderator and director of the 
Astronomy and Physics Division in the Office of Space 
Science, NASA Headquarters.

A bus for reporters covering the American Astronomical 
Society's Winter meeting in Washington will depart from the 
Washington Hilton and Towers at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 
at 1:30 p.m. EST, for NASA Headquarters, and return to the 
hotel following the SSU at about 3:20 p.m. 

Information about the bus schedule and location will be 
available in the AAS Newsroom at the Hilton when the meeting 
opens Jan. 6.

The briefing will be carried live on NASA Television with 
two-way question-and-answer capability for reporters covering 
the event from participating NASA centers. 

NASA TV is broadcast on the GE-2 satellite, Transponder 9C, 
at 85 degrees West longitude, with vertical polarization, 
frequency 3880.0 MHz, audio 6.8 MHz. Audio of the broadcast 
will be available on voice circuit at NASA's Kennedy Space 
Center, Fla., by calling 407/867-1220, 1240 and 1260.

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