1I/’Oumuamua is a very special celestial body. As well as being the first interstellar object (ISO) to be discovered encountering our Solar System, way back in 2017, it has various other strange qualities which make it a scientific enigma. Amongst its unusual features we have the following: (1) It is the first ISO to be […]
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Halley’s Comet – a Remarkable Serendipity
Adam Hibberd Conceptually the problem of a rendezvous with Halley’s comet, i.e. the requirement for the vehicle to apply thrust to match its velocity to that of the comet’s, is largely a problem of matching orbital plane. Once this is done, a significant proportion of the work has been performed. Of course the challenge with […]
Halley – Return to Earth
Adam Hibberd Having solved the problem of catching up with and staying alongside Halley’s comet as it orbits the Sun (go here), the natural follow-up problem is how do we return to Earth, from Halley’s orbit, with a sample on-board? So, I decided to look into the problem of a sample return mission from Halley, […]
Europlanet Symposium
Mention must be made of Annual Europlanet Science Congress 2026, Symposium, which took place in Netherlands this September. Our Executive Director, Andreas Hein chaired the session on Interstellar Objects (ISOs). T. Marshall Eubanks (Space Initiatives Inc, USA) gave the invited talk at the beginning, highlighting our efforts to coordinate the observation campaign of 3I/ATLAS. See […]
Science/Science Fiction Workshop in University of Derby, UK
We are delighted to highlight an event organised by our long-term supporter, PhD Candidate (and our original Executive Secretary!) Sarah Margree. It’s a star-studded panel with Alastair Reynolds, Ian C Douglas, Professor Ian Turner, our Deputy Director Rob Swinney and Luke Cabot. Then Sarah and Jean Asselin will lead an afternoon of science fiction writing […]
Europlanet Symposium
Mention must be made of Annual Europlanet Science Congress 2026, Symposium, which took place in Netherlands this September. Our Executive Director, Andreas Hein chaired the session on Interstellar Objects (ISOs). T. Marshall Eubanks (Space Initiatives Inc, USA) gave the invited talk at the beginning, highlighting our efforts to coordinate the observation campaign of 3I/ATLAS. See […]
Members Newsletter – September
A selection of recent items from our researchers and members Science/Science Fiction Workshop in University of Derby, UK We are delighted to highlight an event organised by our long-term supporter, PhD Candidate (and our original Executive Secretary!) Sarah Margree. It’s a star-studded panel with Alastair Reynolds, Ian C Douglas, Professor Ian Turner, our Deputy Director […]
1998 KY26 – The Game’s Afoot.
Adam Hibberd I have a preprint out on the feasibility of the hypothesis that 1998 KY26 is actually the Phobos 1 probe, go here. I have already conducted extensive research into this possibility. Essentially, apart from physical similarities, the argument can be condensed into two important findings: (1) Two ΔVs caused by thrust from the […]