What is Super-Chandrasekhar?

A Super-Chandrasekhar is like a really heavy, super-dense ball that doesn’t want to shrink, even when it’s under extreme pressure.

Imagine you have a giant jelly bean. Normally, if you squeeze it hard enough, it gets smaller and squishier. But a Super-Chandrasekhar is more like a jelly bean made of really strong, tough stuff, maybe even some kind of super-strong sugar. No matter how much you press down on it, it resists shrinking because it has so much mass packed into such a small space.

In real life, this happens with stars. When a star runs out of fuel, it can collapse. Usually, if it's not too heavy, it becomes a white dwarf, like a shrunken jelly bean that’s still holding its shape. But sometimes, the star is so heavy, like our Super-Chandrasekhar, that it doesn’t shrink as expected.

It’s like trying to squish a really tough marshmallow with your hands. No matter how hard you press, it stays big and strong because it just has too much stuff inside. That's what makes the Super-Chandrasekhar special, it resists shrinking even when it should!