Marcia Rieke

Marcia Rieke

Marcia Rieke is the Principal Investigator for the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) for the James Webb Space Telescope and a Regents Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. Her research interests include infrared observations of the center of the Milky Way and of other galactic nuclei and observation of the infrared sky at as faint a level as possible to study distant galaxies. 

Latest articles by Marcia Rieke

An image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope during its alignment process shows a star in the center of the image.

The James Webb Space Telescope is finally ready to do science — and it's seeing the universe more clearly than even its own engineers hoped for

By Marcia Rieke published

The James Webb Space Telescope is ready to start probing the cosmos. An astronomer on the team explains what it takes to get to this stage.

James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope is the biggest orbital telescope ever built and is scheduled to be launched into space on Dec. 18, 2021.

James Webb Space Telescope: An astronomer on the team explains how to send a giant telescope to space — and why

By Marcia Rieke published

With it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe, will search for Earthlike atmospheres around other planets and accomplish many other scientific goals.

James Webb Space Telescope