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We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous.

Vera Rubin

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Vera Rubin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1928
Born: July 23
Died: 2016
Died: December 25
Astronomer
Physicist
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Vera Cooper Rubin
Vera C. Rubin
Vera Cooper
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