Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xiaohui Fan
Meets  e.g. this http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=eQAAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89 Popular Science article, and finding the oldest thing ever seen in the universe and spawning these http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/us/scientists-look-deep-into-space-and-time-finding-clues-to-the-earliest-objects.html New York Times and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/713130.stm BBC articles amongst others has to count for something. Also, perhaps the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy a "highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level" per 
— User:Pontificalibus, 18:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:PROF (Wikipedia:Notability)