Using NASA’s Chandra’s X-Ray Observatory, for the first
time astronomers have observed the X-ray jets from a black
hole over their entire lifetime, from initial explosion to
ultimate disappearance.

What this discovery means and the puzzles it presents will be
discussed during a Space Science Update at 1 p.m. Eastern,
Thursday, Oct. 3. The Update will be held in the James E.
Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St. SW,
Washington.

The panelists will be:

  • Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History, New York
  • John Tomsick, Scientist, Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, University of California at San Diego
  • Philip Kaaret, Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.
  • Kim Weaver, Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.
  • Paul Hertz, Senior Scientist and Chandra Program Executive, Astronomy and Physics Division, Office of Space Science, NASA Headquarters.

The Space Science Update will be carried live on NASA
Television with two-way question-and-answer capability for
reporters covering the briefing from NASA centers. NASA
Television is broadcast on satellite GE-2, transponder 9C, at
85 degrees West longitude, vertical polarization, frequency
3880 MHz, audio of 6.8 MHz.

The briefing will also be webcast live via links at:
http://www.nasa.gov