Iain Todd

Staff Writer

Iain Todd is BBC Sky at Night Magazine's Staff Writer.

Recent articles by Iain Todd

Autumn sees the return of Orion to the night sky. Credit: Bernhard Hubl / CCDGuide.com

Gravitational waves detected in same area of sky as Betelgeuse

Sky-Watcher Evostar 72ED DS-Pro refractor telescope

Buying your second telescope: a guide to astronomy upgrades

The top images from the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2020 competition will be on display at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Credit: National Maritime Museum, London

IIAPY The world's biggest astrophotography competition opens for entries

Spiral Galaxy NGC 1706

Eye On The Sky A Christmas galaxy in full view

Friends stargazing. Credit: EvgeniyShkolenko / Getty

Radio Astronomy Podcast Biggest stories of 2019 and top tips for stargazing beginners

Global Positioning System. Credit: NASA

Interview How the Global Positioning System GPS changed the world

The Hubble eXtreme Deep Field (XDF) was created by using 10 years of Hubble Space Telescope images and reveals galaxies spanning 13.2 billion years in time: about 0.6 years after the birth of the Universe. The deep field captures such distant light, most of the galaxies are seen as they existed in their infancy. Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (University of California, Santa Cruz), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team

Interview What happened during the first seconds of the Universe?

The Homunculus Nebula Hubble Space Telescope, 1 July 2019

Astrophotography

Gallery The top space images released in 2019

A dragon and the witch’s hat Craig McDearmid, Kirkjufell Mountain, Iceland, 7 December 2018. Equipment: Sony a7S digital camera, Samyang 14mm lens, tripod

Astrophotography

Gallery Best readers' astrophotos of 2019

Prof Andrew Coates pictured with the ExoMars 2020 PanCam instrument. Credit: ESA

Interview How the ExoMars 2020 rover will search for signs of life on the Red Planet

Tim Peake reading Newton

Gift guide The best astronomy and space books of 2019

An artist's impression of the Giant Magellan Telescope as it will appear once complete. Credit: GMTO Corporation

Interview The construction and science behind the Giant Magellan Telescope

A starry skyscape: The Grand Canyon at night.

11 of the best places for stargazing and astronomy in the USA

Space Swirl pencils

Gift Guide Astronomy and space gifts 2019

An artist's impression of ESA's Solar Orbiter. Credit: ESA

Radio Astronomy Podcast 2020 space missions and the latest from the Giant Magellan Telescope