8-year-old Brazilian girl dubbed world's youngest astronomer

Eight-year-old Nicole Oliveira, who is part of a NASA-affiliated program, was dubbed as the world's youngest astronomer.

At just eight years of age, the Brazilian girl Nicole Oliveira is known as the world's youngest astronomer, looking for asteroids as part of a NASA-affiliated program, attending international seminars and meeting with her country's top space and science figures.

The project, called Asteroid Hunters, is meant to introduce young people to science by giving them a chance to make space discoveries of their own.