Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Super Girl!

A 10-year-old Fredericton girl has become the youngest person to ever discover a supernova...the youngest before her was her dad!!

The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada says Kathryn Aurora Gray made the discovery Sunday under the watch of two other astronomers, including her father Paul.




Supernovas are stellar explosions that signal the violent deaths of stars several times more massive than our sun.

This one was about 240 million light-years away.

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