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3 февраля 2026 г. в ИКИ РАН состоялась рабочая встреча с советником посольства Китайской народной республики в России господином Ганем Юном (GAN Yong).

Strange events occurred near the Earth after solar flare X1.9 on 18 January 2026. That were the arrival of coronal mass ejection on 19 January, followed by record flux of solar protons and geomagnetic storm on 19–21 January. Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC telescope aboard Spektr-RG observatory studied the solar flare and the proton event in the vicinity of L2 Lagrange point.

January 13, 2026 Spektr-RG observatory marked 6.5 years since the day of its launch, which is also its guaranteed operational time. Today the observatory has successfully completed its nominal mission and continues studying the Universe in hard X-ray range.

Five main IKI news and five most interesting world events, which happened in the year 2025.

Our warmest wishes for the upcoming new year 2026!

To use the Sun as a calibration source for MTVZA-GYa instrument aboard the Meteor‑M No. 2–4 satellite was proposed by researchers from IKI and Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Broadband electromagnetic radiation produced by collisions of charged dust particles was studied by researchers from IKI and their colleagues from MIPT and A. M Obkhov IAP RAS through observations in the Eurasian steppe and laboratory experiments simulating the Martian atmosphere. Their results, obtained for the first time, were confirmed by observations from the Perseverance rover (NASA) on the surface of Mars.

Numerical modeling of the neutron albedo of the Moon and Mars and analysis of experimental data from the Russian instruments HEND, LEND, DAN, and FREND made it possible to study the behavior of the neutron component of the radiation background on the surfaces of these celestial bodies under quiet Sun conditions and during intense solar events. These results are important for assessing radiation risks for future manned space missions.

The work cycle describes possible flight scenarios for scientific spacecraft that can be implemented using the resonant dynamics method and gravity assist maneuvers.

Oxygen airglow, cloud optical thickness, and water vapour content in Venus’s lower atmosphere were studied based on analysis of the complete set of observations from the SPICAV spectrometer aboard the Venus Express spacecraft.