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Vera Florence Cooper Rubin ( / ˈruːbɪn /; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. [1] [2] She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted and observed angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic rotation curves.
Dec 25, 2023 · Vera Rubin: Biography, history of the trailblazing astronomer. Vera Rubin found a lifetime of wonder in the dark skies. The trailblazer revolutionized our understanding of galaxies and the...
Jun 11, 2019 · Vera Rubin changed the way we think of the universe by showing that galaxies are mostly dark matter.
Feb 2, 2017 · Vera Cooper Rubin was a pioneering astronomer, an admired role model and a passionate champion of female scientists. Her groundbreaking work confirmed the existence of dark matter and...
Oct 4, 2016 · How Vera Rubin confirmed dark matter. This famous astronomer carved herself a well-deserved place in history, so why doesn’t the Nobel committee see it that way? By Sarah Scoles | Published:...
Dr. Vera C. Rubin was an American astronomer whose work provided convincing evidence for the existence of unseen "dark" matter in the Universe. Prior to her work, dark matter was a concept that had been introduced but not taken seriously.
Aug 17, 2021 · Vera Rubin’s research forced cosmologists to radically reimagine the cosmos. In the 1960s and ’70s, Rubin’s observations of stars whirling around within galaxies revealed the gravitational...
Mar 22, 2021 · Rubin (1928–2016) dedicated her working life to the observation of ever-fainter stars in ever-more-distant galaxies, at first with telescopes that struggled to see clearly beyond...
Dec 28, 2016 · Vera Rubin, who died aged 88 on 25 December, was a distinguished astrophysicist and Gold Medalist of the RAS, who built her career on data that conflicted with received wisdom.
Apr 1, 2021 · Vera Cooper Rubin (1928–2016) was one of the most influential astronomers of her generation. Her painstaking studies of the dynamics of spiral galaxies, in collaboration with Kent Ford, strongly supported the contention that they are surrounded by massive dark-matter haloes.
