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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun the 10-year-long Legacy Survey of Space and Time to investigate mysteries like the ...
Breathtaking celestial photographs, most recently from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capture a beauty beyond terrestrial ...
The Vera Rubin telescope is poised to kick off an explosive era of discovery. "It's like old-fashioned astronomy: Find the ...
The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for ...
Vera Rubin Observatory, its dome reflecting the last sunlight at sunset. Chile. May 30, 2025. Photograph by Tomás Munita, National Geographic ...
The National Science Foundation’s newest facility, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is named after the astronomer credited with the first evidence of dark matter.
The Vera Rubin telescope, which is set to open its eyes to the sky later this month, has a 26-foot-wide (8.4 meters) mirror, one of the largest in the world. It's also fitted with the largest ...
Vera Rubin, remarks quoted in National Science Foundation press release, 1996. Vera C. Rubin, “A Brief History of Dark Matter,” Physics Today 49, no. 12 (December 1996): 40–46.
A personal tribute to astronomer Vera Rubin, told through stories and memories from her granddaughter, Ramona Rubin. Meredith Herndon On June 3, 2025, the Dr. Vera Rubin quarter was released as ...
Vera Rubin, M.S. ’51, a pioneering astronomer in research on galaxy rotation rates, will be honored on a U.S. Quarter as part of the 2025 American Women Quarters Program.
Vera Rubin, the scientist credited with proving the existence of dark matter, died in December. She’s remembered not just for work that changed our understanding of the make-up of the universe, but ...
December 26, 2016 / 5:59 PM EST / CBS/AP PRINCETON, N.J. — Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer who helped find powerful evidence of “dark matter” in the universe, has died. She was 88.