Chandrashekhar

Chandrashekhar was a renowned Indian astrophysicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding white dwarf stars and the limits of their mass. He proposed the Chandrashekhar limit, which is approximately 1.4 times the mass of our sun, beyond which a white dwarf cannot support itself against gravity and may collapse into a neutron star or black hole. His work helped explain the life cycle of stars and advanced our knowledge of stellar evolution. Chandrashekhar's insights earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983, highlighting his significant impact on astrophysics.