Thursday, October 19, 2017

Happy Birthday to Dr. Chandrashekhar

Dr. Chadrashekhar told us even the giant stars must die.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/talkingtech/2017/10/19/s-chandrasekhar-google-honors-first-astrophysicist-win-nobel-prize/779379001/

He would have been delighted to see two neutron stars colliding and generating glittery stuff:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/science/ligo-neutron-stars-collision.html