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Supernova Schoolgirl

  • April 25, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

In 2011, Canada’s Kathryn Gray became the youngest person to discover a supernova, a powerful explosion of a star in space. She was just 10 years old when she spotted it in images a family friend took of the constellation Camelopardalis.

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