Not yet Over the Moon: Here’s What’s on the Horizon for Canadian Space Exploration

This image released by NASA on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals previously obscured areas of star birth, according to NASA. The Canadian Press/NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI via AP

When Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette was young, she didn’t see many stars in the bright skies over Montreal. But she would pore over the colourful, otherworldly images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and dream of becoming an astrophysicist.

“I really fell in love with space and astronomy,” she said. “There’s so much left to discover.”