News and Events (in Russian for the time being)

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

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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.

Researchers from IKI and their colleagues at the Dagestan Federal Research Center of the RAS using Earth remote sensing data developed a methodology, which automatically identifies pastures that have lost their natural vegetation cover due to desertification. They also assessed the changes of exposed sands areas in southern regions of Russia over several years.

Researchers from the Space Plasma Physics Department of IKI RAS proposed a mechanism underlying a new type of terrestrial magnetospheric radio emission — a nonthermal hectometric continuum-type emissions. Having studied its manifestations for nearly seven years, they found regular patterns, which are related, among other things, to solar activity.

The conference started at IKI on 22 December 2025.