An astronomer who graduated from Cornell University and gathered years worth of research that uncovered the existence of dark ...

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.

Dr. Vera Rubin, a Cornell graduate whose research confirmed the existence of dark matter, will be featured on a U.S. quarter ...

Vera Cooper Rubin, M.S. '51, a pathbreaking astronomer whose life's work included procuring the scientific evidence to prove ...

The pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin is known globally for discovering powerful evidence of dark matter in the universe. But Rubin, who died Sunday at age 88, is also renowned for her passionate ...

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office ...

Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of renowned astronomer Vera Rubin, for whom the facility is named, on its website.

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National Geographic called Rubin a "gifted scientist as well as a nurturing mentor and an inspiration to those still working their way up the academic ladder." Rubin died Sunday night in Princeton ...

It is what we cannot see, however, that will forever remind us of astronomer Vera Rubin. Rubin is best known for confirming the existence of dark matter and, along the way, serving as an advocate ...

for noting Trump’s anti-DEI crusade has prompted the federally funded Rubin Observatory to purge information on renowned astronomer Vera Rubin’s advocacy for women and minorities in science ...

Astronomer Vera Rubin photographed in her office at Carnegie Institution of Washington on January 14, 2010. Linda Davidson/The Washington Post via Getty Images It’s been less than a month since ...