Andrea Ghez: 'It amazes me every time I go to the telescope'

"It's a passion for the universe!" That's how Andrea Ghez succinctly sums-up her motivation for becoming an astrophysicist in this conversation recorded with Adam Smith shortly after she heard the news of her Nobel Prize in a 2am call from Stockholm. As only the fourth female Nobel Laureate in Physics, she describes the Prize as "An opportunity and a responsibility." Celebrating diversity in science, Ghez reflects that "Seeing people who look like you, or are different from you, succeeding shows you that there's an opportunity." And regarding the 'other' team of her co-laureate Reinhard Genzel, she concludes, "There's nothing like competition to keep you going!"

[maheshsain]

Congratulations ma'am....she was my professor in MIT...proud moment

[pushprajbhardwaj]

I love this tradition and legacy of Nobel committee.


Love from India.

[shahidanowar]

This interviewer deserves a Nobel peace prize😍😄

[thesoulstirrer]

She's a deserving winner. And of course, inspiring. Congratulations!

[AstroRoxy]

She sounds very awesome, happy to know that there are women in Astrophysics like her. Thank you Nobel prize legacy because of you I came to know her. I love Astrophysics too and I'm an Science Communicator ✨

[poojakashyap]

Fourth woman, Physics Nobel Prize Winner. My role model. Super inspiring! Thank you for the upload ..

[Cosmic_Dancer]

I Think Madam Curie Is the first Inspiration For The Women Scientists In the World..

Huge Respect To Madam Andrea Ghez ♥️

[jegasivideos]

Seeing other people loving science just makes me so happy! Props to you for being a nobel prize winner! You have become an inspiration to many of us

[bullgear]

This award is much deserved. So many are so proud of you and your work! You are inspiring and will continue to motivate others to seek out their passion, no matter how challenging the work or professional atmosphere. There are more barriers to break and questions to answer, Dr. Ghez. I look forward to hearing about your next chapter.

[animitasaha]

I am really happy that females are making their recognization in science!

[vijaishreesivaswamy]

Congratulations Mam....i just love how modest you are with yourself and the outlook you have for this incredible achievement!

[muttleycrew]

Very excited for her, she is lovely. Once wrote her an email asking about her work and her reply took several months but it was a very gracious response

[randygilmour]

So fantastic to see Andrea get the recognition for her incredible body of work.

[juliesrail]

Striding ahead in her field by looking back 26, 000 years ago...there's a certain poetry in that. Congratulations, Professor Ghez.

[sandiest]

Congratulations Andrea! It’s wonderful to have another woman as a role model for young women contemplating studying Physics.

[kulsumsheikh]

And there are still some people who says science is not for women🧐
BTW a big congratulations to her 🙌🏻
Women like these inspires young girls who wants to achieve something

[isabelab]

Congratulations! This is so wonderful!

[ramdularsingh]

Congratulations to you on such an achievement!!!....

[akashmunda]

Congratulations Andrea Ghez mam for this award. Thanks for your contribution towards science.🙏🙏🙏

[dr.rakshitstark]

Congratulations! Ma'am🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉