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Rubin, Vera Cooper

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Rubin, Vera Cooper (1928– )

US astronomer. In 1981 Rubin became one of only 75 women to be elected to the US National Academy of Sciences since 1863. She discovered the ‘dark matter’ that keeps stars from spinning off their galaxies.



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