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.

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

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

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

Vera Cooper Rubin has been awarded the honor through the American Women Quarters Program ... Rubin then proceeded to win both ...

Vera Rubin, second from left, is seen at the NASA Sponsors Women in Astronomy and Space Science in October 2009. Credit: Still, Rubin has said she wasn't deterred. She only had to look to her ...