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Andrea Mia Ghez (born June 16, 1965) is an American astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, and professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics, at the University of California, Los Angeles. [1] . Her research focuses on the center of the Milky Way galaxy. [2]
Oct 8, 2020 · Andrea Ghez is a leading expert in observational astrophysics and the fourth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics for her discovery of a supermassive black hole in the Milky Way's center. Learn about her biography, awards, research, and commitment to science communication and education.
May 10, 2024 · Andrea Ghez, American astronomer who was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for Physics for her discovery of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. She shared the prize with Roger Penrose and Reinhard Genzel. She was the fourth woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Physics.
Andrea Ghez, one of the 2020 Nobel laureates in Physics, used the Keck Observatory to provide conclusive evidence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. She overcame challenges, risks and skepticism to pursue her vision and inspire others with her passion and determination.
Oct 6, 2020 · UCLA professor Andrea Ghez is honored for her pioneering research on the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole. She studies more than 3,000 stars that orbit the black hole and tests Einstein’s theory of relativity near it.
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Mar 24, 2021 · Was it a cluster of dark stars? Some undiscovered particle? Or a single, gigantic black hole? For more than 25 years at UCLA, Ghez pursued — and then confirmed — the hypothesis that the object is a supermassive black hole, with a mass 4 million times that of our sun.
