Time now to turn our gaze to the far reaches of space with a new voice here on Nights.
Ezzy Pearson is an expert in all things space, with more than a decade of experience in science journalism, including as Features Editor of BBC’s Sky at Night magazine.
She’s also the author of Robots in Space: The Secret Lives of Our Planetary Explorers and holds a PhD in Astrophysics from Cardiff University.
In this artist’s depiction, a white dwarf is orbiting the supermassive black hole. Photo: NASA /Aurore Simonnet, Sonoma State University