Word: schwarzschild
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Hoyle and Fowler are disputed by other scientists who maintain that gravitational collapse of such a very massive star would quickly result in a mind-boggling consequence: the Schwarzschild singularity. In 1916, German Astronomer Karl Schwarzschild used Einstein's equations to demonstrate that very massive bodies can literally gravitate themselves out of the observable universe. When such stars contract to a critical size during catastrophic collapse, Schwarzschild calculated, their gravity becomes so strong that it prevents any matter, or even radiation, from escaping into space. As a result, the stars simply disappear from view; they would be detectable only...
...seems too bad with all the emphasis being placed on "space sciences" that you did not include at least one true "space scientist," such as Astronomer Martin Schwarzschild of Princeton University, who through Project Stratoscope has come closer than any other man to placing a telescope in outer space...