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