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We have peered into a new world and have seen that it is more mysterious and more complex than we had imagined. Still more mysteries of the universe remain hidden. Their discovery awaits the adventurous scientists of the future. I like it this way.

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More quotes by Vera Rubin

Each one of you can change the world, for you are made of star stuff, and you are connected to the universe.

Science is competitive, aggressive, demanding. It is also imaginative, inspiring, uplifting.

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.

In Quest of the Universe (2007)

It is well known that I am available twenty-four hours a day to women astronomers.

What questions will astronomers be asking of the universe 100 years from now? A thousand years from now?

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