NASA's WISE Scientists To Discuss Black Holes And Extreme Objects

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Aug 23, 2012, 02:53 ET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 29, to announce new discoveries from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The discoveries are related to the distant universe, including supermassive black holes and rare galaxies.

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The briefing participants are:

-- Daniel Stern, astronomer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif.

-- Peter Eisenhardt, WISE project scientist, JPL

-- Jingwen Wu, astronomer, JPL

-- Rachel Somerville, Downsbrough Chair in Astrophysics, Rutgers University

A link to the teleconference graphics will be available at the start of the event at:

www.nasa.gov/wise

For dial-in information, reporters should email their name, affiliation and telephone number to [email protected] by noon Aug. 29.

For live audio of the teleconference, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio

SOURCE NASA