http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/04/kid-discovers-supernova/

For amateur astronomers, discovering a supernova is a significant and rare feat. For a 10-year-old amateur to do it — well, that’s astronomical.


Kathryn Aurora Gray of Fredericton, N.B. is basking in the spotlight after noticing what was later determined to be a magnitude 17 supernova, or exploding star, on New Year’s Eve.


It’s in the distant galaxy UGC 3378, about 240 million light years away, in the constellation of Camelopardalis.


The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada says Kathryn is the youngest person to make such a discovery, which was soon verified by amateur astronomers in Illinois and Arizona. The finding has been reported to, confirmed and announced by the International Astronomical Union

Stargazing runs in Nathan Gray’s family.

The 10-year-old boy from Nova Scotia, Canada, discovered a 600 million-year-old supernova on Oct. 30 -- beating his sister by 33 days as the youngest person to find a possible stellar explosion, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation reports.

"It kind of looks like a blinking star," Nathan said about the supernova he spotted in the galaxy PGC 61330, which lies in the constellation Draco.