UCLA Astronomer Honored for Black Hole Breakthrough
UCLA Astronomer Honored for Black Hole Breakthrough
For more than 15 years UCLA astronomer Andrea Ghez poured her heart -- and every research moment she could find -- into exploring the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.
When she began, no one was certain that such a thing existed -- a concept hard to fathom when its mass is four million times greater than the sun.
Ghez’s work, along with fellow recipient and German astronomer Reinhard Genzel’s, is the best evidence to date that supermassive black holes exist, and indicates that they most likely can be found at the heart of all galaxies.
On Thursday, her extraordinary research was recognized with a Crafoord Prize in Astronomy from the Royal Swedish Academy of Scientists-- a prize nearly as prestigious as the Nobel among astronomers.
She is the first woman to receive the honor.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/UCLA-Massive-Black-Hole-Astronomy-Award-Winner-137797288.html
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She also did this TED talk more recently: http://www.ted.com/talks/andrea_ghez_the_hunt_for_a_supermassive_black_hole.html
I recommend the YouTube videos though (it's a similar talk), better quality.
"Women can't do science!1!!" 
Sorry I wasn't clear in my reply.