Press Release: NASA Hosting Science Update About Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa

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Dwayne Brown 
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Nov. 15, 2011












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NASA Hosting Science Update About Jupiter's Icy Moon Europa






WASHINGTON -- NASA will host a Science Update at 1 p.m. EST on Wednesday, Nov. 16, to discuss new theories concerning Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The event will be in NASA's James E. Webb Auditorium at 300 E St. SW in Washington. 

NASA Television and the agency's website will broadcast the event live. Reporters may attend the event or ask questions from participating NASA centers or by phone. For dial-in information, reporters must contact Dwayne Brown at: dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov with their name, media affiliation and telephone number by noon Wednesday. 

Europa, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, is thought to have an iron core, a rocky mantle and an ocean of salty water beneath its frozen surface. 

Briefing participants are: 
- Britney Schmidt, postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin 
- Tori Hoehler, astrobiologist and senior research scientist, NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. 
- Louise Prockter, planetary scientist, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 
- Tom Wagner, program scientist, cryospheric sciences, Earth Science Division, NASA Headquarters 


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View the News Conference on NASATV at 1PM EST on Nov 16
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