Died Of Vera Rubin. She was a pioneer in the study of dark matter – the Virtual Russia

At the age of 88 years died, American astronomer Vera Rubin, known for his research on dark matter. Information about the death of hot investigators her son.

Allan Rubin told the Associated Press that his mother died on Sunday night from natural causes.

American researcher, replacement in 2015, as the good girl for the Nobel Prize in physics, was, in particular, is known from their research on dark matter.

in the late 70-ies. the last century ruby, analyzing the speed of the stars in neighbouring galaxies and noticed that the stars lying further away from the center of mass of the galaxy do not rotate slower than the stars lying in the center, as if this followed from the laws of physics.

For the phenomenon, in its view, could be responsible of the dark matter, not sending light, invisible on x-ray, nor radio, nor any other. The concept Rubin was revolutionary, and then accepted by many scientists.

scientific advances have provided ruby many honors and awards, notes the Associated Press. As the second woman astronomer was a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), American scientific organization, whose members are elected on the basis of their achievements, research and scientific achievements. In 1993, President bill Clinton awarded her the medal for “pioneering scientific program of the field of observational cosmology.”

Rubin was interested in astronomy from childhood. In the development of this passion, the special role played by her father, Philip Cooper, who helped her, in particular, to build the telescope and took her to meetings of Amateur astronomers.

In 1948, Rubin graduated from Vassar College and began studying at Cornell University. He received his PhD in 1954 at Georgetown University. During his academic career, Rubin has investigated more than 200 galaxies.

Oprac. Adam Styczek