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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.

Twenty years ago on October 17, 202, the INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory, or INTEGRAL, soared into space from Baikonur onboard Proton launcher.

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?

Every year on October 4-10 the World Space Week commemorates the launch of Sputnik and the beginning of space era, which started on October 4, 1957. In 2022 IKI scientists celebrated the the event with Space Science Days, popular lectures, and IKI Doors Open Day.

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.

Professor Sergey Bartalev, the head of the laboratory at IKI and the leader of the project "Space science observatory of carbon in Russian forests" is one of the heroes of the exhibition.

It is with deep sadness we pass on the news that Academician Dr. Albert A. Galeev, the director of IKI in 1988–2002, passed away on September 12, 2022.

Year 2022 is a joint anniversary for HEND, FREND, and DAN instruments, which, taken together, have been studying Mars from its orbit and on its surface for 35 years. Having gathered tremendous amount of data about water on the planet, they are still operating and refining our knowledge of the past and present of Mars. On September, 13, IKI is hosting an open online workshop devoted to Martian Trio and Mars.

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.