薇拉·鲁宾是一名天文学家,她证实了暗物质的存在,这是宇宙研究中的基本原则之一,但她在整个职业生涯中都在与性别歧视做斗争。(2016年)12月25日,她在新泽西州普林斯顿一家养老院逝世,享年88岁。她的儿子艾伦·鲁宾说她患有痴呆症。鲁宾博士的突破性发现主要是与物理学家W.肯特·福特一起做出的,他俩的发现革新了科学家观察、测量和理解宇宙的方式。 Vera Rubin, an astronomer who confirmed the existence of dark matter, is one of the basic principles of cosmic research, but she is fighting sexism throughout her career. (2016) On December 25, she died at a nursing home in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 88. Her son Alan Rubin said she has dementia. Dr. Rubin’s breakthrough discovery was made primarily with physicist W. Kent Ford, whose findings revolutionized the way scientists observe, measure and understand the universe.