Aug 23, 2012

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

Whitney Clavin Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif 818-354-4673 whitney clavin@jpl nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-157

NASA'S WISE SCIENTISTS TO DISCUSS BLACK HOLES AND EXTREME OBJECTS

WASHINGTON -- 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

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 j d harrington@nasa gov by noon Aug 29

For live audio of the teleconference, visit:

http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

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