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How Vera Rubin broke barriers and convinced the astronomy community that dark matter exists

03 Nov 2021
Taken from the November 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Illuminating dark matter".

Emma Chapman reviews Bright Galaxies, Dark Matter, and Beyond: the Life of Astronomer Vera Rubin by Ashley Jean Yeager

Lines of enquiry Vera Rubin measuring spectra at the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism at the Carn

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Emma Chapman is an astrophysicist and author of First Light: Switching on Stars at the Dawn of Time
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