{"id":5191,"date":"2013-11-05T16:50:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2013-11-05T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T16:50:43","slug":"10-year-old-discovers-a-supernova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5191","title":{"rendered":"10-year-old discovers a supernova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Gray, a Canadian youngster of 10, spots a supernova:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/10-year-old-nathan-gray-discovers-600-million-year-old-supernova-photo-1453972\" target=\"_d\">10-Year-Old Nathan Gray Discovers 600 Million-Year-Old Supernova &#8211; ibtimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His sister Kathryn\u00a0had found a supernova when she was 10 as well:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/tech_news\/2011\/01\/04\/10yearold_canadian_youngest_ever_to_discover_supernova.html\" target=\"_d\">10-year-old Canadian youngest ever to discover supernova:\u00a0<em>For amateur astronomers, discovering a supernova is a significant and rare feat. For a 10-year-old amateur to do it \u2014 well, that\u2019s astronomical.<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Toronto Star &#8211; Jan.4.11<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nathan Gray, a Canadian youngster of 10, spots a supernova:\u00a010-Year-Old Nathan Gray Discovers 600 Million-Year-Old Supernova &#8211; ibtimes.com. His sister Kathryn\u00a0had found a supernova when she was 10 as well:\u00a010-year-old Canadian youngest ever to discover supernova:\u00a0For amateur astronomers, discovering a supernova is a significant and rare feat. For a 10-year-old amateur to do it \u2014 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5191\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">10-year-old discovers a supernova<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1lJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6174,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6174","url_meta":{"origin":5191,"position":0},"title":"Supernova shines bright in nearby galaxy","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A rare supernova was observed last night in a relatively close galaxy - \u00a0Messier 82 (M82) - \"just\" 11.4 million light years away. 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