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.

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Astronomy on the BBC

When is The Sky at Night next on TV?

A series of 4 images captured using data from Webb, Chandra, Hubble and Spitzer. Clockwise from top left: star cluster NGC 346, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, the Eagle Nebula and spiral galaxy M74. Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, XMM: ESA/XMM-Newton; IR: JWST: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI, Spitzer: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: Hubble: NASA/ESA/STScI, ESO. Image Processing: L. Frattare, J. Major, and K. Arcand.

NASA releases 4 spectacular new images from Chandra and Webb Telescope

A view of galaxy M101 with SN2023ixf, captured by Jane Clark from Risca, Wales, 21 May 2023. Equipment: ZWO ASI2600MC camera, Celestron 11-inch SCT, CGX mount, f/6.3 focal reducer. Software: SharpCap 4.0, Siril 1.0.6, PixInsight, Gimp.

SN 2023ixf Amateur astrophotographers capture bright supernova in galaxy M101

Illustration showing the explosion of a white dwarf during a Type Ia supernova. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Astronomers discover origin of unique supernova used to measure distance in the Universe

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover image of a hill named 'Pinestand' showing tall sedimentary layers could have been formed by a deep, powerful river. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

NASA Perseverance rover may have found signs of a powerful ancient river on Mars

Artist's impression of NASA's Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Perseverance NASA's Perseverance rover lands safely on Mars

The 8 November 2022 lunar eclipse captured by Anupam Naskar from Kolkata, India. Equipment: Nikon D 7500 camera, Sigma 150-500 mm lens. 6 frames taken in shutter speed 1/50 to 1/125 sec & f 6.3 with ISO 160 to 1250

How to see the 28 October partial lunar eclipse

M35. Credit: Manfred Wasshuber.

See Venus next to beautiful star cluster M35 this week

The Milky Way and an Eta Aquariid meteor, Park City, Utah, USA. Credit: Nam Do / 500px / Getty Images

Eta Aquariids 2023 See this year's meteor shower

A penumbral lunar eclipse, like this one from 2017, is much dimmer than a regular full moon. © Jamie Carter

A penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in Asia, Australia and New Zealand on 5 May

Richard Goodrich Comet Madness podcast

Radio Astronomy Podcast Halley's Comet madness of 1910

Artist’s concept showing cutaway of Mars, along with the paths of seismic waves from two separate quakes in 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Maryland.

Mars quakes allow scientists to determine composition of Red Planet’s core

Bluedot science and music festival jodrell bank

Bluedot festival 2023 science speakers announced

A Hubble Space Telescope image of region NGC 1333. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; Lead Producer: Paul Morris; Narration: Dr. Jennifer Wiseman

Hubble spies chaotic region of the cosmos where new stars are born

Lyrid meteor seen above Schermbeck, Germany. Credit: Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images

See the Lyrid meteor shower peak this weekend