1930 ⟶ Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Predicts White Dwarf Collapse; Baade and Zwicky Describe Neutron Stars
By applying new ideas from subatomic physics, Subrahmanyan C...
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🌟 Fleming Publishes Discovery of White Dwarf Stars
Williamina Fleming publishes her discovery of white dwarf stars.⟶
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United States💥 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⟶
AstrophysicsBlack HolesStellar EvolutionSubrahmanyan ChandrasekharTheoretical Physics20th CenturyCosmologyRelativity
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