Hubert Reeves: Renowned Canadian astrophysicist dies at 91

Hubert Reeves, a famous astronomer who was French-Canadian and known for popularizing space science, passed away on Friday at the age of 91, according to a Facebook post from his son.
His quest for study started when he was a little child. He was born in Montreal on July 13, 1932.

Reeves initially learnt to identify constellations using a cardboard sheet while outside with his family at their Quebec home at night admiring the sky. At the age of 18, he realized he wanted to be an astronomer after excelling in physics.

Before starting to teach at the University of Belgium in the early 1960s, he earned his doctorate at Cornell University and worked as a scientific adviser to NASA. He then turned into a fervent advocate for the environment, urging governments to take action.

Hubert Reeves: Renowned Canadian astrophysicist dies at 91

Reeves, an expert in the history of the universe, made science approachable to everyone. On October 13, he passed away in Paris. He was 91. Reeves was a teacher in Montreal at the start of the 1960s and later joined NASA as a scientific adviser. There, he prepared instructors for the departments of space science that were mushrooming out everywhere in US institutions as the space race picked up steam.