Aug 9, 2012

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241 j d harrington@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-147

NASA TO HOLD MEDIA TELECONFERENCE ABOUT RECORD-BREAKING GALAXY CLUSTER

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 1 p m EDT Wednesday, Aug 15, to discuss an extraordinary galaxy cluster that is smashing several important cosmic records

The panelists are: -- Michael McDonald, Hubble Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass -- Bradford Benson, astrophysicist, University of Chicago -- Megan Donahue, professor of astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing -- Martin Rees, professor of cosmology and astrophysics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

For dial-in information to ask questions, reporters must send their name, media affiliation and telephone number to j d harrington@nasa gov by noon Aug 15

The general public also can ask the panelists questions via Twitter using the hashtag #asknasa

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

For more information about NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, visit:

http://chandra harvard edu

and

http://www nasa gov/chandra

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