Subramanyam Chandrasekhar

Subramanyam Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American astrophysicist who made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of stars. He is best known for the Chandrasekhar limit, which describes the maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star. Beyond this limit, a star cannot remain in balance and will collapse, potentially forming a neutron star or black hole. His work helped shape modern astrophysics, particularly in explaining stellar evolution and the behavior of compact objects in the universe. In 1983, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his theories on the physical processes in stars.