Caroline Moore
Caroline Moore is the youngest person to ever discover a supernova.
Meet the youngest person to ever discover a supernova, Caroline Moore in these videos and blog posts from NOVA's "The Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers."
“I found the rarest supernova ever to be found, which is really cool.”
Science:
Caroline Moore is a teen astronomer who loves the unknown. She discovered an incredibly rare supernova at the age of 14. To celebrate, she was able to meet Barack and Michelle Obama.
Secret:
Caroline is a singer of classical, jazz, and Irish folk music (in public) and of Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Britney Spears (in private).
Reaching for the Stars
Caroline Moore becomes the youngest and coolest person to ever discover a supernova.
The Pipes are Calling
Caroline Moore sings her heart out in the Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers studios.
30 Second Science with Caroline Moore
We give Caroline Moore 30 seconds to describe her science and she says "whatever…."
10 Questions for Caroline Moore
We ask Caroline Moore 10 questions and she tells us about the Obamas.
Champagne supernova
To borrow one of her favorite words, what’s really “cool” about Caroline Moore isn’t that she’s the youngest person to ever discover a supernova (and an incredibly rare one at that). What’s really cool about Caroline is that she discovered that supernova… and she’s such a teenager—a smart, self-aware, funny teenager who’s living a real-world double life way cooler than Hannah Montana’s:
“Well, at school, I’m an average student. I’m doing after-school activities just like everyone else, hanging out with my friends on the weekends. I ski and do plenty of normal kid things. And then on other days, after the school doors close, I’m doing a phone interview for NPR. Or I’m coming down here to New York—I just came from school, came right down here [to the Secret Life of Scientists & Engineers studios] to do this interview with you. So, I’m living both styles of life. In just a couple weeks, I have my sophomore formal. And then immediately after that formal dance, I have to leave to go up to Boston to receive an award. So, I’m living both lives at this point. And I’m enjoying it.”