India launched its first satellite to study black holes on Monday as part of an ambitious space exploration project.
The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite will make India the second country to investigate black holes and other celestial objects using an astronomical space observatory.
NASA launched a similar mission in 2021 and has since made unprecedented discoveries.
Black holes are an enormous amount of matter packed into a very small area, formed from the remnants of a large star that collapses in a supernova explosion.
Their gravitational pull is so strong that light can’t pass through, making…
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