“Do Fabulous Science”: Jane Rigby | Great Minds

Astronomer Dr. Jane Rigby challenges the limits of the naked eye. Having influenced most famous telescopes that come to mind, her work is defined by breaking boundaries both physical and beyond.

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[bruceneeley]

I personally believe the greatest obstacle humanity faces is it's lack of investment in education. Especially in the USA. I was basically illiterate until I was 15 yrs. I turned that around because I was inspired by Science (astronomy). Hank, your channel has great value to those who desire to break the shackles of short sightedness.
This is an excellent video. Humanity doesn't just need to look into the future but rather to into the beauty of knowledge in spite of petty tribalism .

[NewMessage]

With the sky so glittery at night, how could it not be fab?

[IamTheHolypumpkin]

What I generally love about space science is that so many mission name or instruments are backronyms they clearly decided to "acronym" before the name of the mission/instrument

[EnzoDraws]

It's so crazy to think that a NEW STAR is born every year in our galaxy

[NavajoNinja]

"Oh yes, the past can hurt. But you can either run from it! Or, learn from it!"

[Jolfgard]

Every gaze I take and will ever take is a look into the past. Literally every piece of sensory information that hits my retina. I am not kidding.

[osmia]

And I quote ". . . finally up . . ."
I'm so glad they got it going before I died - I was beginning to wonder which would come first

[drtrowb]

More JWST videos, please! I need updates on micrometer impacts!

[Vicioussama]

Still waiting for Norman Borlaug episode, the man who saved a BILLION lives. :P

[kenroywillams]

Just occurs to me that the stuff we are looking at are like not even there anymore some might not even exist

[SuperManning]

Dr. Rigby rocks!!! What a great inspiration to us all. Happy Pride!

[kirknorman]

Can we use our sun lensing to image the Kyper belt or whatever would be at the proper focal distance?

[nebulan]

Great inspiration for women, for pride month and for astronomy!

[robotaholic]

In the news they now say there are way more galaxies than previously estimated. Now they think there are between 2 and 6 trillion galaxys instead of the 100 billion previously believed.

[buhbird]

If galaxies in the far past had higher rates of star production would that also mean they had more gravitational forces acting on them, in the form of more dark matter maybe? I’m just wondering if there’s any evidence that older galaxies may have had more dark matter or anything of that nature.

[The_Cyber_System]

I'm pleased to see the representation for pride month. I'm pleased to see the recognition of diversity, especially in a STEM field. I'm pleased to see how Dr Rigby has contributed in a big way to astronomy.

It's sad to see how many ignorant people are leaving comments, talking about how they don't like seeing lgbt representation in the video. It was even clearly explained why it's relevant and makes Dr Rigby better at her job. Please don't listen to the haters, this was a fabulous and fascinating video.

[christianheichel]

I thought our galaxy was old 13.61 billion years old to be exact

[Kissarai]

I need "do fabulous science" merch and my preliminary Google search has come up empty. 🥺

[stephanniecb]

Was Dr Rigby one of the folks who did some of the press conferences on the milestones of the JWST? Given the masks worn, I’m trying to remember by just eyes….

[davemac]

'it's shady perch behind the moon'... I heard it was somewhere else