Andrea Ghez

Professor of astrophysics, UCLA and Nobel Prize Winner

Professor of astrophysics at UCLA and winner of the Nobel Prize

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UCLA astrophysics professor Andrea Ghez helped prove the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

UCLA’s Andrea Ghez wins physics Nobel Prize for helping discover black hole in Milky Way

UCLA astrophysics professor Andrea Ghez helped prove the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

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