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In the last two months of 2023 students of 7–10-year visited a series of lessons on project and research activities at IKI, as part of the project "Academic Class at Moscow School".

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.

When Voyagers left the Solar System in 2010's, they discovered that the inner heliosheath is significantly thinner than predicted. Now, the 3D MHD-modelling run by IKI scientists showed that the fact can be explained, if we consider the effect of hot electrons and their thermal conductivity. Their results were published in MNRAS and are available on arXiv.org.

Annual all-Russian conference "High Energy Astrophyiscs Today And Tomorrow 2023", aka HEA–2023, starts on Monday, December 18 at IKI.

IKI researchers together with art experts from Kirillo-Belozersky Museum explore the possibilities to restore ancient masterpieces using artificial neural networks.

A new technique to estimate the size of particles in polar stratospheric and noctlilucent clouds was suggested by Oleg Ugolnikov, senior researchers at IKI. With the accuracy comparable to that of lidars and satellites, this method involves much simpler equipment, such as off-the-shelf RGB-cameras. Studies of these atmospheric phenomena are crucial to understand climate changes.

Scientists from IKI and V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences) discussed the future work with Meteor-M No 2-3 satellite data.

It is with deep sadness that we report the passing of Academician Mikhail Marov, our colleague and a pioneer of Solar System research, whose contribution to the programs of Moon, Mars, and especially Venus exploration cannot be overestimated.

In the end of November 2023 Russian Science Foundation announced the winners of grant competition for small scientific teams.

According to the results of the secret voting the Election Committee decreed to hold Dr. Anatoly Petrukovich elected as a Director of Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.