Vera Rubin was an American astronomer whose pioneering work on galaxy rotation rates provided the first evidence for the existence of dark matter.

This seminal breakthrough led to the creation of a whole new field of astronomy, as her once-startling theory became an accepted part of the still-evolving story of the universe.

Favored to win the Nobel Prize for years, she died in 2016 without ever receiving a call from Stockholm.

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https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/vera-rubin-mother-of-dark-matter-dies-at-88/

photo: Carnegie Institute