Ezzy Pearson
Science journalist
Science journalist Ezzy Pearson is Commissions Editor at BBC Science Focus Magazine. Her first book about the history of robotic planetary landers is out now.
Recent articles by Ezzy Pearson
Mars was once wet with a thick atmosphere. 3 billion years ago, both disappeared. Now scientists may have finally found Mars’s missing atmosphere and water
Mars’s missing atmosphere and water may have finally been found
Frank Drake – the scientist who took the hunt for aliens from the fringes and began a real-life search among the stars
Drake’s work transformed the hunt for alien civilisations from a fringe interest into a legitimate field of scientific inquiry
Things commonly mistaken for UFOs
Think you've seen a UFO in the sky? Consider the following possibilities...
Scientists have discovered six planets in perfect balance
Planets around star HD110067 are in what’s known as an 'orbital resonance'.
How the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's largest moon Titan and captured video and images of its surface
in 2005, ESA’s probe gave us our first close look at Titan
Spectacular Earth from space. UK astronaut Tim Peake spent six months on the ISS and captured these amazing images
Some of the best images of Earth captured by UK astronaut Tim Peake during his time on the International Space Station.
From a stellar diamond to a squashed mammoth and one as old as the Universe, 8 of the weirdest stars ever seen
Among the trillion trillion stars in the Universe, there are some real oddballs. Here are some of the weirdest stars astronomers have uncovered in the depths of space.
Prehistoric alien dinosaur planets would be easier to find than modern-day Earth, say scientists
Life is more detectable on worlds with big lifeforms, a study has found.
There’s something wrong with our understanding of the Universe and how much it's expanded since the Big Bang
JWST confirms ‘Hubble tension’ isn’t down to observational error.
The best, safest ways to view a solar eclipse, from low-cost, simple options to expert astronomer techniques
What are the best and safest ways to view an eclipse?
Best red light head torches
Maintain your dark adaptation and keep your hands free while stargazing with the best red light head torches for astronomers.
Astronauts get a weird feeling looking at Earth from space. It's the Overview Effect, and here's how it works
Looking back at Earth from the Moon had a profound effect on the Apollo astronauts
How old the Universe is, and how we know
How do astronomers estimate how old the Universe is, and could they be wrong?
CHARA observations of Polaris, the North Star
Astronomers have taken a close-up look at the star's surface
Meet NASA's Space Launch System, the rocket taking the Artemis astronauts to the Moon
NASA’s newest rocket, the Saturn V-sized Space Launch System, will take human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit once more.
The chances of alien life just got slimmer, according to new study looking at the dark Universe
Study looks at how likely it is for stars and planets to form in a universe with a certain amount of dark energy
Apollo 8 | The Christmas mission to the Moon
On Christmas Eve 1968, the first mission to the Moon changed how we view our home planet forever.
Artemis 2 mission | Crew announced
Artemis 2 will send the first woman and first person of colour to the vicinity of the Moon.
Scientists have detected strange radio signals coming from the heart of our Galaxy
What are the weird radio waves detected in deep space, and how can astronomers hope to solve this Milky Way mystery?
Buyer's guide | Star projectors and home planetariums
Star projectors turn any room into your own personal planetarium, making the walls into a glittering sea of stars.
A world in the Whirlpool - how a team of astronomers found evidence of an exoplanet beyond our galaxy
The first ever exoplanet to be detected beyond the Milky Way could be located in the Whirlpool Galaxy, M51.
Have astronomers finally found the true cause of the Wow! signal?
Life imbalances Earth's atmosphere. Now scientists are using this fact to find alien life
These are nine of the strangest and most incredible stories from the history of spaceflight
The history of space exploration is full of amazing stories. Here are some of the weirdest, funniest and most thought-provoking tales from space history so far.
