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 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 Rubin was truly inspirational,” says Neta Bahcall, an astrophysicist at Princeton University. “She was passionate about science, science education, women in science, promoting science ...

Rubin has a ridge on Mars named after her, as well as an asteroid, a satellite, a galaxy, and the National Science Foundation’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The national observatory is the first ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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

In her biography of Rubin, Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond, science writer Ashley Yeager recounts Rubin’s persistence despite early dismissals of her work and widespread sexism in ...

Dr. Vera Cooper Rubin has been awarded the honor through ... Rubin then proceeded to win both the U.S. National Medal of Science and the Gold Medal from the U.K.’s Royal Astronomical Society.