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.