vera rubin
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The World’s Largest Digital Camera Is Almost Ready to Look Back in Time
In an old experimental hall previously used for particle physics experiments, a team of French engineers are checking the filters on what will be the largest digital camera ever built. It’s October 2021, and I’m seeing the camera during its assembly at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park, California. When this high-resolution imager is…
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The Woman Who Convinced Us That Dark Matter Existed Was Never Awarded A Nobel Prize
Vera Rubin, one of the most important astronomers of the 20th century, died on December 25 in Princeton, NJ at age 88. She played a seminal role in our understanding of dark matter, and should have been awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics — but never was.