News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

Sometimes the fact that one did not see something makes a difference. A recent paper published by Spektr-RG science team describes a gamma-ray burst (GRB), which Spektr-RG instruments had not observed, however strange it may seem,..

On September, 1, an Astronomy Telegram from Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC team announced a discovery of an optical counterpart of a bright X-ray pulsar — a transient star V520 in constellation Monoceros, which is Unicorn in Greek.

Students from Youth MediaCenter at Ministry of Science and Higher Education visited IKI to learn about X-ray Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope and Spektr-RG space observatory.

Is it possible to see the IX century miniature under the painting of XIV century? Is it possible to read an early medieval text, which had been erased and covered with new lines? Thanks to the collaborative work of IKI and State Historical Museum, the answer is: 'Yes".

On August 9, 2022, DAN neutron experiment onboard NASA's Curiosity rover marks 10th anniversary of operation.

On August 6, Space Summer School-2022 starts at IKI.

Russian Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the 2021 competition for RAS awards for young scientists and students. Among them are IKI astrophysicicts Andrei Semena, Ilya Mereminsky, Igor Zaznobin.

On July 18, 2022 at the Opening Ceremony of 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Athens Vladislav Zubko from IKI was awarded with the COSPAR Outstanding Paper Award for Young Scientists 2022 for his paper "Analysis of mission opportunities to Sedna in 2029–2034ASR68/7".

Our best wishes to Academician Marat Gilfanov, chief researcher of the High-Energy Astrophysics Department, for his 60th birthday!

Researchers from State Historical Museum and IKI were awarded with the Literature and Arts Prize of Central Federal District. They use multispectral imaging to study ancient manuscripts.