Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an influential astrophysicist known for his work on stellar evolution and the behavior of stars. He proposed the Chandrasekhar limit, which defines the maximum mass (about 1.4 times that of the Sun) that a white dwarf star can have before collapsing into a neutron star or black hole. His research significantly advanced our understanding of the life cycles of stars, contributing to fields like nuclear astrophysics and high-energy astrophysics. Chandrasekhar's insights have shaped our comprehension of cosmic phenomena and the structure of the universe, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1983.