Scientists in India discover a planet for the first time
Scientists at Ahmedabad's Physical Research Laboratory have discovered an exoplanet, propelling India into a select group of countries which have found planets outside the solar system. The 'super-Neptune' is about 27 times the mass of Earth and six times its radius. It is most likely 'uninhabitable' due to the proximity to its star, 600 light-years away from Earth, scientists found.