"Major" Hubble exo-planet discovery to be announced Nov 13

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<p><strong><strong>NASA link....&nbsp;</strong></strong></p><p><strong>Quote:</strong></p><div class="name_address"><div class="address">J.D. Harrington <br />Headquarters, Washington &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br />202-358-5241 <br />j.d.harrington@nasa.gov <br />&nbsp; <br />Ray Villard <br />Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md. <br />410-338-4514 <br />villard@stsci.edu <br /><br /></div><div class="promodatepress">Nov. 07, 2008</div></div><p><span class="bold">MEDIA ADVISORY : M08-227</span></p><p><span class="bold">Hubble Announces A Major Extrasolar Planet Discovery </span></p><p>WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a Science Update to report on a significant discovery about planets orbiting other stars at 2:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, Nov. 13, in NASA's James E. Webb auditorium. This unique discovery, made by the Hubble Space Telescope's Advance Camera for Surveys instrument, also will be featured in the Nov. 14 issue of the journal Science. <br /><br />The briefing participants are: <br />-- Ed Weiler, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington <br />-- Sara Seager, associate professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. <br />-- Paul Kalas, assistant adjunct professor, Physics and Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley. <br />-- Mark Clampin, James Webb Space Telescope Observatory project scientist, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. <br />-- Marc Kuchner, exoplanet scientist, Astrophysics Science Division, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. <br /><br />Reporters attending the event will have an opportunity to ask questions. News media representatives not attending will be able to ask questions via teleconference. To participate in the teleconference, reporters must email a request for dial-in information that includes their media affiliation and telephone number to J.D. Harrington at j.d.harrington@nasa.gov by 1 p.m. EST, Nov. 13.</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

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<p>Duplicate thread... See Hubble Extrasolar Discovery Thread</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>