The Nobel Prize in Physics awarded was very well-deserved. However, next time you hear Vera Rubin didn't win for discovering dark matter bc *insert excuse here*, let today show exactly why she didn't win for discovering one of cosmology's most pressing questions: she was a woman.

Today, countless physicists and astronomers chug away at trying to figure out what dark matter is. Myself included. We all owe part of our curiosity and drive to Vera Rubin. Vera Rubin. Remember her: Vera Rubin. Because she's why you do what you do. And she didn't win the Nobel.

And let today show you that "waiting till next year" wasn't even necessary. For the Nobel Prize in Physics could've just as well been awarded to more than one discovery as it was today. But it wasn't because Vera Rubin was. A. Woman. That's it.