India's XpoSat mission aims to explore the mysteries of black holes in space.

India's space agency has successfully launched a rocket carrying an observatory designed to study celestial objects such as black holes. The rocket was launched from Sriharikota spaceport at 09:10 local time on Monday, making it only the second mission of its kind in the world, following a similar one by NASA in 2021. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) aims to expand scientists' understanding of black holes through this mission. The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat), built at a cost of approximately 25 million rupees ($30 million), will conduct in-depth research on black holes and is expected to operate for five years. This launch marks another success for ISRO, which recently achieved significant milestones with its Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 and observation mission Aditya-L1. ISRO has numerous projects planned for the year, including Gaganyaan, an ambitious manned mission set to send three astronauts into low-Earth orbit by 2025.