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XPoSat’s discovery
January 17 , 2024
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- The ISRO announced that a payload on its recently-launched XPoSat mission has successfully recorded the initial light from a supernova (the explosion of a star).
- The XSPECT scientific instrument on XPoSat, India's first X-ray polarimetric mission, was launched recently.
- It has captured its first light from the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant.
- A supernova is the explosion of a star that occurs when a star reaches the end of its life cycle, undergoing a catastrophic collapse and then rebounding.
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