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Andrea M. Ghez became a Nobel laureate in what year?

  • 2018

  • 2019

  • 2020

  • 2021

Answer

Andrea M. Ghez became a Nobel laureate in 2020 for her groundbreaking research on the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*. Ghez and her team used high-resolution imaging techniques to track stars orbiting the black hole, providing strong evidence for its existence and measuring its mass. This discovery transformed our understanding of the formation and evolution of galaxies.
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