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HALIFAX — Rarely can someone say they’ve found a previously undiscovered supernova.

But one Nova Scotia family says they have made a few of those extraordinary finds.

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Paul Gray and his children Nathan and Kathryn have all discovered supernovas, a bright explosion after the death of a star.

Paul and Kathryn were both the youngest to do so at the time of their discoveries, according to the International Astronomical Union.

Now Nathan is poised to dethrone his sister.

The family’s most recent feat came last Wednesday, when 10-year-old Nathan was analyzing galaxies at his home in Greenwood, N.S.

“I had found something, so me and my dad checked it out, and it seemed to be something, so it was pretty exciting,” Nathan said.

Nathan and his sister analyze images of hundreds of galaxies as part of a project with family friend and astronomer David Lane, who owns the Abbey Ridge Observatory in Halifax.