WASHINGTON — NASA will hold a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 28, to discuss the first-year science results from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. This event replaces the originally scheduled Oct. 29 media conference at NASA Headquarters in Washington.
Fermi studies gamma rays, the highest-energy form of light. Findings discussed will include measurements relevant to the search for new theories of gravity.
The panelists are:
– Jon Morse, director, Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters
– Julie McEnery, Fermi project scientist, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
– Peter Michelson, Fermi Large Area Telescope principal investigator, Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.
– Robert Kirshner, professor of astronomy, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass.
– Mario Livio, astrophysicist, Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore
To reserve a telephone line, journalists should e-mail their name, media affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at: j.d.harrington@nasa.gov
For more information about NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/fermi
