Media Advisory
SAN ANTONIO - NASA researchers will present new findings to the media on a wide range of space science topics during the 211th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. The AAS meeting runs Monday, Jan. 7 through Friday, Jan. 11, 2008 at the Austin Convention Center, 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas.
NASA researchers will hold press conferences and present research findings at the 2008 Annual AAS meeting during a variety of scientific sessions that are open to registered media. Related features are listed below. Get more details about noteworthy NASA-related presentations, including times and locations by reading NASA's AAS media advisory.
AAS Features
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Even Thin Galaxies Can Grow Fat Black Holes
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected plump black holes where least expected -- skinny galaxies.
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NASA Scientists Predict Black Hole Light Echo Show
New studies show the wrenching gravity just outside the outer boundary of a black hole can produce yet another bizarre effect: light echoes.
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Next Generation of Sky in Google Earth
Google has announced a new version of Sky in Google Earth at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Austin, Texas.
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Hubble Finds Rare Double Ring in Space
Hubble has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other.
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Hubble Uncovers Giant Space 'Moth'
A structure resembling a giant moth floating in space is giving astronomers new insight into planetary system formation.
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The Violent Lives of Galaxies
Astronomers are using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope as part of a quest to understand the violent lives of galaxies.
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Cosmic Fireworks Fizzled Out as Universe Reached Middle Age
We all start to party less around middle age, and new studies from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes now find that the universe, as a whole, is no exception.
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Disks Around Black Holes and Binary Stars Just Got Bigger
New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and a ground-based telescope.
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Jet Power and Black Hole Assortment
A new Chandra image of nearby galaxy Centaurus A peers into the workings of an active supermassive black hole.
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Uncovering our Milky Way Galaxy's Ancestors
Astronomers have discovered galaxies in the distant universe that are ancestors of spiral galaxies like our Milky Way.
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'Blue Blobs' in Space Are Orphaned Clusters of Stars
Hubble finds 'blue blobs' are brilliant blue clusters of stars born in the swirls and eddies of a galactic smashup 200 million years ago.
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NASA Announces Servicing Mission Details at AAS Conference
NASA scientists and a space shuttle astronaut outlined details of a mission that will repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
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NASA and Gemini Probe Mysterious Distant Explosion
A powerful one-two punch for astronomy happens when you team up orbiting and ground-based observatories.
Media Information
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Hubble Servicing Mission Press Conference
You may hear a replay of the HST Servicing Mission 4 press conference by dialing one of the following numbers:
In the U.S.: 1-800-337-6560 (toll free)
Outside the U.S.: 402-220-9658 (toll charges apply)
The recording should be available between Jan. 8, 2008, at 12 p.m. ET, and Feb. 8, 2008, at 12 a.m. ET.