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    I was privileged yesterday to watch space shuttle Discovery make her final flight, circling over Washington, DC, piggybacked on a 747, before landing at the Dulles airport, bound for the Smithsonian.  Discovery made a flyby over my workplace, … Continue reading →

I’ve updated my description of current research, by adding recent papers, and adding a non-jargony introduction which will hopefully be accessible to a wide variety of audience.  I also explicitly stated that I’m always recruiting graduate students for research projects, … Continue reading →

We just had a press release on our gorgeous new Hubble images of a gravitationally lensed galaxy: A team of astronomers aimed Hubble at one of the most striking examples of gravitational lensing, a nearly 90-degree arc of light in … Continue reading →

I’m on Twitter, at JaneRRigby.

I’ll give a public lecture at the Goddard Visitors Center in Greenbelt, MD, on Thursday, Nov 10 at 7 PM.  The event is free but space is limited, so you’ll need to pre-register.  The topic is “Space Telescopes”. It’ll be … Continue reading →

I gave a talk on “Space Telescopes” at TEDxMidAtlantic on Saturday, Oct 29 in Washington, DC, to an audience of ~800.  I summarized key discoveries from the Hubble, Spitzer, and Chandra space observatories, and why NASA is building the James Webb … Continue reading →

Today I gave a talk on AGN science that JWST can do, at the “Science Frontiers with JWST” workshop in Baltimore.  You can watch the video.

Turns out I’m a finalist in TED’s Full Spectrum auditions.  As a result, on the evening of May 24, I’ll give a 5 min talk in NYC that will be streamed online, and is a tryout for a full-length talk … Continue reading →

NASA Goddard is having an Open House event called “Explore @ NASA Goddard“.  I’ll be giving a public talk on how astronomers go observing.  The open house is free, open to everyone, and features geeky-cool events for all ages.  Mark … Continue reading →