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
We can visit interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS with spacecraft. Here's how scientists say we'll do it
Interstellar comets like 3I/ATLAS could become giant planets around distant stars
Saturn creeps up on the Moon this Halloween weekend
'Major breakthrough' at interstellar comet as scientists make unexpected detection
The Super Beaver Moon is coming. Here's all you need to know to see it
Scientists witness star destroyed in a way they've never seen before
The Milky Way's Mexican wave: Astronomers capture giant galaxy ripple frozen in time
There's something about our Sun that doesn't make sense. Scientists may just have cracked it
UK clocks go back 1 hour on Sunday 26 October 2025
When the clocks change and why.
Scientists find nearby 'super Earth' that may be able to support alien life
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Photographer captures Comet Lemmon from Egyptian desert, under the darkest skies on Earth
Without Jupiter, we wouldn’t exist. Gas giant saved Earth from plunging into the Sun, say scientists
Now's your best chance to see Comet Lemmon and autumn's top meteor shower. Here's how
Just in time for Halloween, our pick of the best horror movies set in space
Our pick of the best macabre movies set among the stars.
JWST finds building blocks of life in another Galaxy for the first time
Stargazing video guide, free downloads. Extra astronomy content for November 2025
The chance of finding aliens like us is slim, say scientists. But here’s why we can’t rule it out
See shooting stars from Halley's Comet tonight. Why conditions are perfect for autumn’s top meteor shower
Orionids 2024 | How to see this year's meteor shower
See the Orionid meteor shower peak this week with our beginners' guide.
Aliens could detect radar signals from Earth's biggest airports, leading them right to us
Alien life could survive in Mars ice for 50 million years. Here's what it means for future missions
Scientists discover a new way to destroy a star, unlike anything they’ve seen before
Everyone in the Universe has a cosmic address. Here's how to work out yours
What are the constituent regions of our place in the grand cosmos?