Bright, Energetic, and Puzzling Russian Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC X-ray telescope onboard Spektr-RG observatory (Roscosmos) and Russian KONUS instrument onboard WIND spacecraft (NASA), residing in two opposite Lagrange points L1 and L2, have provided a detailed study of GRB 221009A — the brightest of all gamma-ray bursts previously registered by Konus and most likely the brightest one in the whole history of mankind.
IKI Young Scientists Awarded On the eve of the day of Russian science, Russian Academy of Sciences awarded 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.
Spektr-RG In a Round Dance Spektr-RG, James Webb Space Telescope, and Gaia space observatories circle around L2 point. Animations by Natan Eismon and Maxim Pupkov from the Department of Space Dynamics and Mathematical Information Processing.
Coma Cluster in X-Rays and Radio Astrophysicists from IKI and Ioffe Institute, using the data from SRG/eROSITA space telescope, studied the properties of a shock in Coma cluster of galaxies. The paper summarising their results was accepted for publication in Astronomy&Astrophysics.
Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC Telescope Follows Space Weather The X-ray telescope onboard Spektr-RG space observatory entered the second year of space weather monitoring in L2 point.
A GRB-to-be did not appear in X-rays 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,..
X-Ray Unicorn Brighter in Summer 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.
X-ray transients on the Mikhail Pavlinsky ART-XC map 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.