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

In the summer, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is due to start work in the summer, with the world's largest digital camera at ...

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

After scientists at Menlo Park’s SLAC national accelerator laboratory spent over two decades developing and constructing a ...

"The idea that they can somehow obliterate these sources is dead wrong — scientists in general and astronomers in particular are not going to take these threats lying down." ...

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

The S&P 500 closed in correction territory as the stock market continues its three-week tumble. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he is "not concerned" about recent market volatility. Spirit ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...