8-Year-Old Brazilian Girl Becomes World's Youngest Astronomer

Nicole Oliveira, an 8-year-old Brazilian girl has found 18 Asteroids under the project 'Asteroid Hunters' run by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration. The project is affiliated with NASA and is meant to engage young kids in science by giving them a chance to make space discoveries of their own. Little Oliveira is now called the World's Youngest Astronomer for reaching out to stars at such a young age.