Elizabeth Pearson

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Elizabeth Pearson is the News Editor of BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Recent articles by Elizabeth Pearson

An artist's impression of NASA's Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The big space missions to look out for in 2020

Composite image of Mercury transiting across the sun on 9 May, 2016, as seen by HMI on NASA's Solar Dynamics Obersvatory. Credit: NASA/SDO

Transit of Mercury 2019 Livestream

Pete Conrad next to the Surveyor 3 lander, with the lunar module on the crater rim just 182m away. Credit: NASA

Apollo 12: the story of the second manned mission to the Moon

Neptune by Voyager

A guide to the planets Neptune

Mercury, planet

A guide to the planets Mercury

An artist’s impression of a dusty disc around a star. Credit: ESO

How do planets form? An interview with a planetary scientist

The planet Venus taken by Mariner 10

A guide to the planets Venus

Viking image of Mars

A guide to the planets Mars

Hubble image of Saturn

A guide to the planets Saturn

Uranus by Voyager 2

A guide to the planets Uranus

Jupiter is more massive than all of the other solar-system planets combined.

A guide to the planets Jupiter

The Orion Nebula

A beginner’s guide to nebulae

The Pleiades, as seen through a telescope. This cluster is known as 'The Seven Sistsers' in Greek and also Aboriginal mythology. NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory The science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.)

A beginner’s guide to stars

An image of the Andromeda Galaxy by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.

Andromeda Galaxy’s last meal

Liz Bonnin at Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Credit: Liz Bonnin

Stargazing around the world: an interview with Liz Bonnin