Proxima b: Earthlike planet discovered orbiting star nearest to the Sun

Scientists on Wednesday announced the discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star nearest our Sun, opening up the glittering prospect of a habitable world that may one day be explored by......

All you need to know about earth-like Proxima b

Space just got a new frontier or our solar system just got a new neighbour. Astronomers at the European Southern Observatory identified an Earth-like planet orbiting our nearest stellar neighbour,......

Message in a bottle: How one golden disk carries human history into the cosmos

This week marks the 4th anniversary of the Voyager 1 spacecraft crossing over from our solar system into interstellar space. Prathmesh Kher/Rediff.com recalls how a planetary mission became......