NASA's Fermi Telescope Celebrates First Year of Gamma-Ray Science

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WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news briefing at 2 p.m. EDT on
Thursday, Oct. 29, to discuss the first-year science results from the
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. The briefing will be held in the
James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, 300 E St.
S.W., in Washington. It will be carried live on NASA Television and
streamed on the agency's Web site.

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

Reporters unable to attend the briefing may ask questions by
telephone. 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 NASA television schedules, downlinks and streaming video, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv

For more information about NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope,
visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/fermi