Google on Thursday marked the 107th birth anniversary of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar ... 1910, to a Tamil family in Lahore.(Screengrab) The Indian-American astrophysicist, known for his theory ...

The choice of the name "Chandrasekhar" is a tribute to the Nobel-winning physicist Professor Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Prof. Chandrasekhar is celebrated for his significant contributions to the ...

Many people spend their entire lives dedicated to one topic of research, but Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar didn't limit himself to just one. Born in India in 1910, Chandrasekhar's parents ...

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 ...

The orbiting telescope launched aboard Space Shuttle Columbia and was named after astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. While originally only intended to be operational for five years ...

astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Chandra). Chandra’s reply encapsulates the central tension of the play The Square Root of a Sonnet: “And yet, Arthur — if you had chosen to solve ...