Center for Astrophysics
The Milky Way Galaxy
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UMass/D. Wang et al.; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/D.Wang et al.; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC/S.Stolovy
WHAT: The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will host a press conference to announce a groundbreaking Milky Way galaxy discovery from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT).
WHEN: 9 a.m. EDT Thursday, May 12
WHERE: The National Press Club, 529 14th St N.W., Washington, D.C., 20045. The event will also be live streamed to https://nsf.gov/blackholes.
WHO: NSF's Chief Operating Officer Karen Marrongelle will deliver opening remarks. The following panel of EHT researchers will describe the scientific discovery and answer questions:
- Michael Johnson, Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
- Katie L. Bouman, Assistant Professor, Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Electrical Engineering & Astronomy, Caltech
- Vincent Fish, Research Scientist, MIT Haystack Observatory
- Feryal Özel, Professor, Departments of Astronomy & Physics, University of Arizona
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