One of the first steps toward the discovery of black holes was made by University of Chicago professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, when he realized that massive stars would have to collapse after they ...

At age 19, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was the first to propose that stars were destined to collapse at the end of their lives. His idea was controversial, but his research paved the way to the ...

However, at that point, black holes were still theoretical, and many scientists refused to believe they existed. In 1930, Indian astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar proved that they could ...