🌟 Gravitational collapse: should the Chandrasekhar limit be revised? - Techno-Science
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A dead star could become far more massive than predicted by a famous limit in astrophysics.
When a Sun-like star reaches the end of its life, it expels its outer layers. Its core can then become a white dwarf: an extremely dense star that retains a considerable mass within a volume comparable to that of Earth. Deprived of significant new nuclear reactions, this star gradually cools.
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