Just within the past 10 years, astronomers have discovered well over a hundred planets in orbit around stars beyond our own Sun. Now the National Science Foundation invites reporters to a media briefing on a major advance in the search for such planets. The briefing will also be Webcast, and viewers will be able to submit questions via telephone and e-mail.
What: News Briefing: Scientists Make New Discovery About Planets Outside Our Solar System
Who:
- Michael Turner, head of NSF’s Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Geoffrey Marcy, University of California, Berkeley
- Paul Butler, Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Eugenio Rivera, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Jack Lissauer, NASA Ames Research Center
When: Monday, June 13, 2005, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Where:
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 110
Arlington, VA 22230
(Ballston Metro stop)
– Enter at corner of 9th & Stuart
– Go directly to Room 110 on the left (no need to check in with security)
For directions: http://www.nsf.gov/about/visit/
Webcast: http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/planetdiscovery.jsp
Call-In Questions: 1 (877) 716-1362; International : 1 (712) 237-6081 passcode: 697899
Email Questions: The address will be posted on the Webcast site.
RSVP to: Rochelle Spicer-Monroe, (703) 292-7753, rspicerm@nsf.gov
Media Contacts
M. Mitchell Waldrop, NSF (703) 292-7752 mwaldrop@nsf.gov
