#GAReads | Observatory to be Named for Pioneering Female Astronomer Vera Rubin
Vera Rubin
“Observatory to be Named for Pioneering Female Astronomer Vera Rubin”:
An observatory in Chile is to be named after famed astronomer Vera Rubin. The news was announced in Honolulu, at an American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting. Also involved on the funding side are the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy.
Rubin, who passed away at Christmas 2016, battled to become part of the scientific community. Inspired by 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell, she went on to establish evidence of dark matter in 1970. The observatory was formerly called the LSST (Large Synoptic Survey) telescope. It will now be called the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.