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Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Academy of Sciences

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Volcanic Eruption From the Past

11/11/2022 - 10:45

Research

For the first time, the motion dynamics of an eruptive cloud, which formed during the catastrophic eruption of the Sheveluch volcano on November 11, 1964 (Volcanic Explosivity Index 4+), was reconstructed thanks to modern data processing methods and the databases of meteorological data.
Getting grips on a strongly magnetized neutron star geometry

10/28/2022 - 12:11

Research

Researchers from the Space Research Institute and their colleagues determined geometrical parameters of a neutron star floating in the Galaxy 21,000 light years away. The finding confirms old ideas that this star precesses like a whirligig. The results were published in Nature Astronomy.
Сачок для гамма-всплесков

10/14/2022 - 11:26

Исследования

9 октября 2022 года произошел один из самых ярких гамма-всплесков за всю историю их наблюдений. Он не попал в поле зрения телескопа ART-XC им. М.Н. Павлинского, но именно благодаря этому удалось надежно измерить кривую его блеска в жестком рентгеновском — мягком гамма-диапазонах. Как же это получилось?
Asteroid Turns Into Comet

09/28/2022 - 17:28

Research

At night of September 26–27 RTT-150 optical telescope in Turkey observed asteroid Didymos and its smaller counterpart Dimorphos during the impact of DART mission (NASA). RTT-150 1.5-meter telescope is part of ground-based facilities in support of Spektr-RG project.
A GRB-to-be did not appear in X-rays

09/07/2022 - 09:54

Research

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,..
X-Ray Unicorn Brighter in Summer

09/02/2022 - 17:16

Research

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.
Journey to the IX Century Made Possible With Space Technologies

08/11/2022 - 14:46

Research

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".
Нейтронная разведка Марса: всё подробнее и подробнее

06/30/2022 - 10:00

Исследования

Создана новая карта содержания водорода в грунте Марса по данным российского нейтронного телескопа ФРЕНД на борту аппарата TGO российско-европейской миссии «ЭкзоМарс-2016». Результаты работы опубликованы в журнале Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
Dust storms in deep space

05/25/2022 - 11:33

Research

SRGA J181414.6-225604, a new symbiotic X-ray binary in our Galaxy discovered by Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope on-board the SRG observatory.
Winter crops are studied from space

05/19/2022 - 12:11

Research

Winter crops yield of year 2022 in the European part of Russia can exceed the averaged long-term level, according to remote sensing data. The analysis, based on VEGA-PRO system instruments, is published on the web by IKI's Earth Remote Sensing Technologies Department.

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