SPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Space Research Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences

Space Research Institute
Russian Academy of Sciences

News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

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.
Student's Tour to IKI

08/17/2022 - 13:59

Events

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.
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".
A decade on Mars with fifteen million neutron pulses

08/09/2022 - 11:35

Mission Status

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

08/05/2022 - 23:19

Save The Date

On August 6, Space Summer School-2022 starts at IKI.
X-ray transients on the Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC map

07/22/2022 - 13:16

Awards

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.
COSPAR Award for the study of mission to Sedna

07/18/2022 - 23:30

Awards

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".
Academician Marat Gilfanov is 60!

07/18/2022 - 22:24

Events

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

07/15/2022 - 13:54

Awards

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.
Three years in X-ray sky

07/13/2022 - 11:25

Mission Status

On 13 July 2019 a long-awaited Spektr-RG mission soared up from Baikonur to reveal the hidden X-ray Universe with its two telescopes — eROSITA and ART-XC.

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Conferences

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