V reuben was one of the first women in a field dominated by men. She used calculations to show that galaxys contain ten times more dark matter than ordinary matter. Her discovery lives with us to this day, and it remains an unsolved mystery.
Who proved the existence of dark matter? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice learn about hidden figures of science you need to know about with author and science communicator Danni Washington.
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