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 Days after the successful launch of India's maiden X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) to study black holes and neutron stars, Karan Jani, a professor of Astrophysics at a US-based university, said on January 02 that the country taking the lead in several frontiers of space science is 'very inspiring.' The Professor of Astrophysics at Vanderbilt University, US, said that it is the most exciting time to study black holes, and India is one of the key players studying this. "This was very inspiring to see India taking the lead in several frontiers in space science. Black holes are very close to me; it has been my area of research. India has already shown; like they're in, they're going ahead with the LIGO India project, with the XPoSat and they've also recently joined the square kilometre array...," he said while speaking to ANI. "It is the most exciting time to study black holes, and India is one of the key players in this field. So as an Indian scientist, I'm very proud of all the developments," he said. The Indian Space Research Organisation started the year on Monday with the launch of the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) to study X-ray emissions from various celestial sources.