NASA Will Host MAJOR Press Conference On ‘Discovery Beyond Our Solar System.’ Don’t Miss It!

NASA is to host a major press conference on a “discovery beyond our solar system”.

The event will see the revelation of major information about exoplanets, or planets that orbit stars other than our sun, according to a release. It made no further mention of the details of what would be revealed.

Exoplanets are the major hope for life elsewhere in the universe, since many have been found that resemble our own Earth and could have the building blocks of life. More of them are being discovered all the time.

The event will take place on 22 February at 1pm New York time, it said. It will be streamed live on NASA’s television station and on its website.

Attending the press conference will be astronomers and planetary scientists from across the world.

The briefing participants are:

• Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington
• Michael Gillon, astronomer at the University of Liege in Belgium
• Sean Carey, manager of NASA’s Spitzer Science Center at Caltech/IPAC, Pasadena, California
• Nikole Lewis, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore
• Sara Seager, professor of planetary science and physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

NASA said that the public will be able to ask questions using the hashtag #AskNasa during the conference. The agency will also hold a Reddit AMA, or ask me anything, session straight after the briefing.

For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and updated scheduling information, visit HERE.

For more information on exoplanets, visit HERE.

Sources used: Independent, prnewswire.com, NASA