Here are some interesting facts about this newly discovered planet.
Named Proxima b, the planet is in a "temperate" zone compatible with the presence of liquid water -- a key ingredient for life.
Prathmesh Kher/Rediff.com recalls how a planetary mission became interstellar in scope with the addition of a simple gold-plated disk.
US-based IT company Compuware Corporation opened its first India office in Bangalore on Tuesday.
The structures appear to be 'lumps' in the thin gas that lies between the stars in our galaxy, researchers said.
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