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Science 4 July 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4452, pp. 64 - 71
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4452.64
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Stars, Galaxies, Cosmos: The Past Decade, the Next Decade

Vera C. Rubin 1

1 Staff member of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. 20015

Our perception of the universe has been altered by recent discoveries in astronomy, discoveries of new objects and of new phenomena, coming from a wide range of observing techniques. By 1990 astronomers expect to know more about the distribution of mass in the universe, the physics of energetic sources, and the intricate interconnections of astrophysical processes on a variety of spatial and temporal scales.

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