* Astronomy

NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, June 7, about the discovery of carbon-rich gas around a young star that may be forming terrestrial planets.

The discovery was made with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) spacecraft and will be featured in the June 8 issue of Nature.

Participants:
-- Aki Roberge, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, Md, US.
-- Conel Alexander, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
-- Marc Kuchner, ExoPlanets and Stellar Astrophysics Laboratory, Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greenbelt, Md, US.

A video file about this discovery will air on NASA TV on June 7.