1935 ⟶ Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar formulates the Chandrasekhar limit for black hole collapse
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: Chandrasekhar limit for black ho...
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⚫ Schwarzschild Radius and Black Holes
Karl Schwarzschild: discovery of the Schwarzschild radius leading to the identification of black holes⟶
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Germany⚫ Schwarzschild lays groundwork for black hole theory
German physicist Karl Schwarzschild uses Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity to lay the groundwork for black hole theory. He suggests that if any star collapse to a certain size or smaller, its gravity will be so strong that no form of radiation will escape from it.⟶
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Germany💥 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Predicts White Dwarf Collapse; Baade and Zwicky Describe Neutron Stars
By applying new ideas from subatomic physics, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicts that the atoms in a white dwarf star of more than 1.44 solar masses will disintegrate, causing the star to collapse violently. In 1933, Walter Baade and Fritz Zwicky describe the neutron star that results from this collapse, causing a supernova explosion.⟶
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Switzerland⚫ Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar formulates the Chandrasekhar limit for black hole collapse
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar: Chandrasekhar limit for black hole collapse⟶
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United KingdomUnited States⚫ First Image of a Black Hole
First image of a black hole⟶
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