Nobel prize in Physics announced an hour ago. Awarded partly to a scientist for his many discoveries in cosmology. The last of which is that he proposed velocity measurement based on background radiation in any point of the universe, which shifts from frame less references that was in use prior to it, since Einstein.
And the second part goes to discovery of a planet that circles a sun sized star. Even though the planet most likely is far from being our earth sized, but at least one criteria has been fulfilled, a good start.