FAQ About Vera Rubin
Was Vera Rubin the sole discoverer of dark matter?
While Vera Rubin's work provided critical evidence for the existence of dark matter, she was not the sole discoverer. Earlier theoretical work by scientists such as Fritz Zwicky in the 1930s had already suggested the presence of unseen mass in the universe. However, Rubin's observational data from galaxy rotation curves significantly bolstered the case for dark matter and brought it to widespread scientific attention.
