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Space Enthusiasts Invited to Join i4is for a Journey to the Stars!

7 December 2018

The Initiative for Interstellar Studies (i4is) has today (7 December) taken another exciting step on its mission to promote robotic and human exploration and colonisation beyond the solar system, by launching a membership scheme intended to build an active community of space enthusiasts whose sights are set firmly on the stars.

Interstellar Summer School 15th – 19th August 2018

1 August 2018

How to design spacecraft and starships… Last chance to book on to our interstellar summer school, which will be held at the Initiative for Interstellar Studies HQ, The Bone Mill, New Street, Charfield, GL12 8ES from Wednesday 15th to Sunday 19th August 2018. For more information see the full advert below and for admission to […]

Welcome to i4is

15 June 2018

Welcome to the members’ section of the website for the Initiative for Interstellar Studies; a section only available to our subscribing members. Here, you will find several database indexes that we are building. One, known as the ‘Interstellar Index’, is in relation to all published articles, books, papers, films and documentaries. We also plan to […]

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Members Newsletter – August

28 August 2026

Interstellar Symposium: Register Now! The Interstellar Research Group (IRG) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2nd European Interstellar Symposium, taking place December 2 to 4, 2026, in Venice, Italy. This special symposia is hosted by The Venetian Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts in association with The Interstellar Research Group and […]

How long does it take to get to the Sun/Earth L4 Point from Earth?

18 August 2026

Adam Hibberd Let’s say we eject a spacecraft with a small velocity decrement in the opposite direction to Earth’s own velocity around the Sun, what will happen to it exactly? It will stay around Earth’s heliocentric orbit since its velocity is close to Earth’s, however we shall assume that the spacecraft flies outside of Earth’s […]

What is 1998 KY26?

6 August 2026

Adam Hibberd I was recently referred to a paper by Farnocchia et al which apparently, so was it argued, contradicted the notion that 1998 KY26 could be technogenic (man made), in other words a spacecraft. For the uninitiated, 1998 KY26 has always been considered (up-to-recently at least) a Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) of some form […]

Members Newsletter – July

31 July 2026

News from i4is I4is return to the Royal Institution, London, UKTwo more of our popular workshops “Skateboards to Starships” are returning this summer to the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle St, London W1S 4BS.24 August 2026 see https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/holiday-workshops-skateboards-starships-year-10-1325 August 2026 see https://www.rigb.org/whats-on/holiday-workshops-skateboards-starships-year-7-9 Europlanet Science Congress 2026The Europlanet Conference takes place in The Hague, The Netherlands from […]

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