Astronomy
- Robert Oppenheimer jointly predicts two new types of celestial object:
- With George Volkoff he calculates the structure of neutron stars.
- With Hartland Snyder he predicts the existence of what will come to be called black holes.
Read more about this topic: 1939 In Science
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