It’s named after astronomer Vera Rubin, who provided the first convincing evidence for the existence of dark matter. Rubin Observatory is the first of its kind: its mirror design, camera …

Rubin originally aligned with progressive politics during his time at The Young Turks. He has written that his views began to shift after observing public debates involving figures such as …

Nov 17, 2025 · Nvidia's Vera Rubin platform is Nvidia's most complex AI and HPC platform released to date that combines custom Vera CPUs, two types of Rubin GPUs, an all-new …

Jun 23, 2025 · Rubin Observatory is named in honor of Vera Rubin, a pioneering American astronomer whose observations provided convincing evidence of dark matter — an invisible …

Nov 16, 2025 · First-light images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory have revealed a 163,000-light-year stream of stars emanating from the M61 galaxy, suggesting a violent past.

Nov 18, 2025 · Rubin Comet Catchers invites you to join this historic search by helping identify rare objects like water-bearing comets and asteroids in the Rubin images. Finding such …

Jun 23, 2025 · The long-awaited Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a cutting-edge new telescope perched atop a mountain in Chile, released its first images of the universe on June 23—and its …

Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (/ ˈruːbɪn /; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. [1][2] She uncovered the …

Dr. Vera C. Rubin was an American astronomer whose work provided convincing evidence for the existence of unseen "dark" matter in the Universe. Prior to her work, dark matter was a …

Rubin is both a surname and a given name. Rubins is a Latvian-language name. It derives from the biblical name Reuben as a Jewish name. The choice is also influenced by the word rubin …