News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

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.

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.

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".

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

On August 6, Space Summer School-2022 starts at IKI.

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.

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".