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> [So important is this dark matter to our understanding of the size, shape, and ultimate fate of the universe that the search for it will very likely dominate astronomy for the next few decades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/so-important-is-this-dark-matter-to-our-understanding-of-the-size/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

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## Other authors on Dark matter

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-matter/neil-degrasse-tyson/)
- [Priyamvada Natarajan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-matter/priyamvada-natarajan/)

## More by Vera Rubin

> [I knew there was a school where women could study astronomy. So... it never occurred to me that I couldn't be an astronomer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/i-knew-there-was-a-school-where-women-could-study-astronomy-so-it/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [By about age 12, I would prefer to stay up and watch the stars than go to sleep. I started learning. I started going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/by-about-age-12-i-would-prefer-to-stay-up-and-watch-the-stars-than-go/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [I had the usual friends who pointed out constellations of stars. But it really was watching the stars. It was getting some sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/i-had-the-usual-friends-who-pointed-out-constellations-of-stars-but/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [Three of my children married Jewish people. One did not and that marriage didn't last more than half a dozen years or so. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/three-of-my-children-married-jewish-people-one-did-not-and-that/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [Fame is fleeting. My numbers mean more to me than my name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/fame-is-fleeting-my-numbers-mean-more-to-me-than-my-name/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [We became astronomers thinking we were studying the universe, and now we learn that we are just studying the 5 or 10 percent that is luminous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/we-became-astronomers-thinking-we-were-studying-the-universe-and-now/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [We all need permission to do science, but for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/we-all-need-permission-to-do-science-but-for-reasons-that-are-deeply/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [In my own life, my science and my religion are separate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/in-my-own-life-my-science-and-my-religion-are-separate/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/i-m-jewish-and-so-religion-to-me-is-a-kind-of-moral-code-and-a-kind/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light matter is about a factor of ten. That's probably a good number for the ratio of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/in-a-spiral-galaxy-the-ratio-of-dark-to-light-matter-is-about-a/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [Nobody ever told us all matter radiated. We just assumed it did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/nobody-ever-told-us-all-matter-radiated-we-just-assumed-it-did/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [I think the question is, are there women and have there been women who want to do science and could be doing great science,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/i-think-the-question-is-are-there-women-and-have-there-been-women-who/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [So important is this dark matter to our understanding of the size, shape, and ultimate fate of the universe that the search for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/so-important-is-this-dark-matter-to-our-understanding-of-the-size/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [I decided I needed to give up something, so I gave up teaching.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/i-decided-i-needed-to-give-up-something-so-i-gave-up-teaching/)

[Vera Rubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-rubin/)

> [I guess to me religion is a kind of moral code.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-rubin/i-guess-to-me-religion-is-a-kind-of-moral-code/)

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