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Dark Matter, Bright Mind: How Vera Rubin Saw the Unseen

Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution

Something dark and invisible makes up as much as 90 to 95 percent of the universe—and it took a little girl staring out a bedroom window at the night sky to bring it to light. As a child, Vera Rubin built her own telesco...

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Dark Matter, Bright Mind: How Vera Rubin Saw the Unseen is an episode from Sidedoor by Smithsonian Institution . Something dark and invisible makes up as much as 90 to 95 percent of the universe—and it took a little girl staring out a bedro...

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Published Mar 4, 2026, 34:01 long, audio available.