Nov 15, 2011

Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne c brown@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-233

NASA HOSTING SCIENCE UPDATE ABOUT JUPITER'S ICY MOON EUROPA

WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p m EST on Wednesday, Nov 16, to discuss new theories concerning Jupiter's icy moon Europa The event will be in NASA's James E Webb Auditorium at 300 E St SW in Washington

NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live Reporters may attend the event or ask questions from participating NASA centers or by phone For dial-in information, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at: dwayne c brown@nasa gov with their name, media affiliation and telephone number by noon Wednesday

Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and an ocean of salty water beneath its frozen surface

Briefing participants are: - Britney Schmidt, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin - Tori Hoehler, astrobiologist and senior research scientist, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif - Louise Prockter, planetary scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md - Tom Wagner, program scientist, cryospheric sciences, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters

For NASA TV streaming video, scheduling and downlink information, visit: http://www nasa gov/ntv

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