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Galactic Center teems with the most extremal and exotic objects. Among them are so-called filaments — long and thin structures. Some of them are visible in radio, the other — in X-rays. They are supposed to appear as a result of relativistic electrons' and positrons' synchrotron radiation. These particles are born near pulsars — rotating neutron stars with strong magtic fields. New observations support this hypothesis.

IKI researchers and their collegues carried special obervations of ice cover in the Arctic.

Joint project of State Historical Museum and Space Research Institute sheds light on the origin of old manuscripts.

The new catalogue includes more than one and a half thousand objects. Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope is one of the two instruments aboard Russian Spektr-RG space observatory, currently working in L2 point.

SN2024ggi, a II-type supernova, was first found on April 11, 2024 by ATLAS project team. It sits in a nearby galaxy NGC3621. Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope onboard Spektr-RG observatory was the first to register its X-ray emission.

After the first few days of observations a new X-ray source turned out to be a pulsar in a binary system with a low-mass companion.

Data from 2-year sky survey by SRG/eROSITA were used to study X-ray variability of thousands of SDSS quasars. X-ray variability appeared to be linked with some physical parameters of supermassive black holes, such as theirs masses and accretion rates.

Using 20-year-long archival data, researchers at IKI Earth Remote Sensing Technologies Department made a map, showing losses from forest fires in the North in the beginning of the 21st century,

International team of scientists suggests a comprehensive research program for Etna, which can contribute to future missions to Venus, targeting at recent volcanism on the planet.

Scientists from IKI Earth Research From Space Department develop new algorithms for microwave radiometer data onboard the spacecraft of Meteor-M series. These results are alrady being integrated into VEGA-Science information system.