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Vera Rubin, a Pioneering Astronomer Who Worked on Dark Matter, Dies

Vera Rubin, a pioneering astronomer who worked on dark matter is no more in this world. Her son, Allan Rubin, a professor of geosciences at Princeton University, revealed that Rubin, 88, died on Dec. 25, 2016. Vera Rubin had been living in the Princeton area. She was born on July 23, 1928 in Philadelphia. Rubin […]