This new photogenic moment, released Thursday, comes courtesy of the European Space Agency's Planck space telescope, which detects cosmic microwave background radiation -- the light left over from the Big Bang.
The technique employed to find the new planet uses the gravitational field of a star like a lens - magnifying the light from a distant background star.
Even the maroon background is enlivened with a subtle grid texture that reflects myriad points of background light while lending the frieze the suggestion of gilded relief-carved marble (by then it was known that ancient Greek marbles were originally painted and gilded).
Above all, both narratives shine a stark light on poverty -- an aspect of Indian society that has increasingly been pushed into the background by a decade and more of upbeat headlines about the country's dramatic economic growth.