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In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of our ignorance-to-knowledge. We're out of kindergarten, but only in about third grade.
Vera Rubin
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Vera Rubin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 23
Died: 2016
Died: December 25
Astronomer
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Vera Cooper Rubin
Vera C. Rubin
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