Iain Todd
Science journalist
Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Content Editor. He fell in love with the night sky when he caught his first glimpse of Orion, aged 10.
Recent articles by Iain Todd
NASA is rolling the Artemis II rocket to the launchpad today. Here's how to watch the whole thing live
NASA is targeting a 1 April launch for the crewed lunar mission
Artemis II astronauts re-enter quarantine as NASA pushes ahead for 1 April launch
Another milestone in the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo
Hubble has seen a 'strange' comet cracking open over Earth – completely by accident
The Hubble Space Telescope observed comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking up, but caught its disintegration completely by accident.
This NASA spacecraft has been photographing Jupiter and its moons for 10 years. Its images are jaw-dropping
The best images of Jupiter and its moons captured during one of NASA's most iconic missions
Solar storms could endanger the Artemis II astronauts. Here's how NASA plans to keep them safe
Travelling to the Moon and back is a risky business. Solar storms are one of the biggest threats to the upcoming crewed mission
Ireland from space
A selection of images of the Emerald Isle from Earth orbit.
Alien life could emerge on the moons of rogue planets wandering the cosmos. Have we just widened the scope for life beyond Earth?
Life might not need a stable orbit and host star after all
What would the James Webb Space Telescope look like if you saw it in space? This space mission found out
Clever calculations by two astronomers enabled Gaia to capture an image of Webb in space.
"It went completely bonkers..." Astronomers witness two planets colliding around a distant star
"If we can observe more moments like this elsewhere in the Galaxy, it will teach us lots about the formation of our world."
Our Sun and its twins fled the centre of the Galaxy 4 billion years ago. Otherwise, life may never have emerged on Earth
Our Sun was part of a mass migration that could have helped life emerge on Earth
A scientist looked at 'little red dots' in the early Universe and found a black hole that shouldn't exist
The mystery of ‘little red dots’ just got deeper, as a galaxy hiding an overmassive black hole hints at a whole population of cosmic Jekyll and Hydes
An enormous brain in a jar? NASA's best space telescope just saw something really weird...
James Webb Space Telescope explores the Exposed Cranium Nebula
North Sea crater was created by an asteroid smashing into Earth, causing a tsunami taller than Big Ben
Silverpit Crater was caused by an asteroid or comet smashing into the North Sea, generating a 100m-tall tsunami, say scientists.
Venus-Jupiter conjunction in June 2026
See Venus and Jupiter meet for a celestial summer spectacle
'A fingerprint from another solar system'. Latest 3I/ATLAS data proves interstellar comet is unlike anything we've seen before
3I/ATLAS contains more methanol than what's normally seen in Solar System comets
NASA Mars rover's incredible image shows rays of sunlight through a bank of Martian clouds
The Martian rover has sent back an image of crepuscular rays shining through a bank of clouds on the Red Planet.
What Earth looks like from other planets
Views of planet Earth as seen from the other worlds of the Solar System
The March Blood Moon eclipse darkens Earth's surface in new satellite images
What would the lunar eclipse look like on Earth, from space?
NASA's Cassini spacecraft's best images of Saturn and its moons
The NASA Cassini mission captured beautiful images of Saturn, its rings and its moons.
Astronomy explained | The Planets
A guide to the planets of the Solar System, their order in distance from the Sun, and facts about the rocky terrestrial worlds and the gas giants.
Astronomy for beginners
Want to see stars, constellations and planets in the night sky but aren't sure where to start? Read our beginner's guide to observing the cosmos.
Moon phases and times 2025
Dates for the Moon phases this year and timings for Moonrise every day.
Hummus on the Moon? Scientists have successfully grown chickpeas using lunar dirt
Scientists have shown it could be possible to grow chickpeas on the Moon
Strange signals are coming from the centre of our Galaxy. Scientists say they've worked out what they are
Could 'excited dark matter' be behind mysterious signals from the core of the Milky Way?
