Vera C. Rubin’s research into stars in galaxies led to the modern understanding of dark matter., Vera Rubin’s Legacy Lives On in a Troubled Scientific Landscape By Katrina Miller Jun 22, 2025, 5:01 am 78 pts A powerful new telescope will usher in a new era of cosmic discovery, but in a political climate vastly different from when it was named for a once overlooked female astronomer., Now, a decade after her death, the pioneering astronomer will be celebrated on campus as a scientific superstar. Rubin, whose discoveries about dark matter transformed astronomy and physics, will be honored with a weeklong series of events starting June 23, including the first public release of images from a new observatory bearing her name and , A ‘brilliant woman’ breaking scientific barriers The U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation-funded facility, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, is named after the astronomer credited with the first evidence of dark matter. Many in the scientific community still believe she was overlooked for the Nobel Prize., Astronomers are expressing disappointment and alarm as the federally-funded Rubin Observatory altered the biography of renowned astronomer Vera Rubin, for whom the facility is named, on its, .