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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.
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.
Andrea Ghez. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. Born: 16 June 1965, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Prize motivation: “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy”. Prize share: 1/4.
Jun 12, 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.
It was my first encounter with a force of nature, Andrea Ghez, one of three winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics, for her work on providing the conclusive experimental evidence of a...
Oct 6, 2020 · Andrea Ghez had long dreamed of hunting for the supermassive black hole thought to lie at the center of the Milky Way. When she joined the faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1994, she finally had the right tool for the job.
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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.
