Chandrasekhar's white dwarf equation

Okay kiddo, so imagine if you have a really big star in space. It's like the size of our whole solar system! When this star gets old, it starts to shrink and become smaller.

Now when it gets super small and shrinks down to a certain size, it becomes what we call a white dwarf. It's still really hot, but it's not as big as it used to be.

This guy named Chandrasekhar came up with an equation that helps us understand these white dwarfs better. Basically, he figured out that there's a limit to how much mass a white dwarf can have before it collapses in on itself and explodes!

This is because of something called electron degeneracy pressure. It's like you and all your friends trying to fit into a really small car - you can't all fit, and the pressure gets too high.

So, Chandrasekhar's equation tells us how much mass a white dwarf can have before it explodes. It's kind of like a limit or a boundary that we have to keep in mind when we study these space objects.

Does that make sense to you, kiddo?