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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jul-2023 21:57:00 UTC Robert McNees

Astronomer Vera Rubin was born #OTD in 1928.
Her work on galactic rotation curves became one of the main pieces of evidence for the existence of dark matter, and she deserved a Nobel Prize for it.
Image: Vassar College / Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
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1. Black and white photo of a young Vera Rubin – likely in her teens or twenties – looking through the eyepiece of a long telescope. She wears a blouse or dress with short sleeves and a grid print. Her wavy hair is shoulder length, and there is a wall behind her composed of two-by-fours and wood boards. Her right hand touches the eyepiece, and her left hand is turning a small adjustment knob on the side of the telescope.
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