Physicist Reinhard Genzel

Reinhard Genzel is a renowned physicist and astronomer who studies the universe, especially the regions around black holes. He is famous for leading research that provided strong evidence for the existence of a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Using advanced telescopes and techniques, Genzel and his team observed stars orbiting an unseen massive object, revealing the black hole’s presence. His work has deepened our understanding of these extreme cosmic entities and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020.