http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2006/aug/HQ_M06128_dark_matter.html

Erica Hupp/Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1237/1726

Megan Watzke
Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass.
617-496-7998


Aug. 14, 2006

MEDIA ADVISORY: M06-128

NASA Announces Dark Matter Discovery


Astronomers who used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory will host a media
teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 21, to announce how dark and
normal matter have been forced apart in an extraordinarily energetic
collision.

Reporters must call Megan Watzke at the Chandra Press Office at: 617-
496-7998 or e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] for participation information.
Shortly before the start of the briefing, images and graphics about the
research will be posted at:

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/1e0657/


Briefing participants:
- Maxim Markevitch, astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass.
- Doug Clowe, postdoctoral fellow, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
- Sean Carroll, assistant professor of physics, University of Chicago, Ill.

A video file about the discovery will air on NASA TV at noon, Aug. 21.
Audio of the event will be streamed live on the Web at:

http://www.nasa.gov/newsaudio


For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


For information about NASA and agency programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/home


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