10-Year-Old Boy Discovers 600-Million-Year-Old Supernova

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 4, 2013 @06:48AM from the did-you-see-that? dept.

minty3 writes "Nathan Gray, 10, from Nova Scotia, Canada, recently discovered a 600-million-year-old supernova in the galaxy PGC 61330, which lies in the constellation of Draco – beating his sister by 33 days as the youngest person to find a supernova. Gray made the discovery on October 30 while looking at astronomical images taken by Dave Lane, who runs the Abbey Ridge Observatory (ARO) in Nova Scotia. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada confirmed Gray's discovery, but astronomers with the International Astronomical Union say they will need to use a larger telescope to make the finding official."

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Re:Recently discovered almost 3 years ago by jones_supa · 2013-11-04 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Published on Tue Jan 04 2011
Cool story. Not exactly recent, though.
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