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On the International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics, we would like to share our account of the most anticipated space missions and projects

The atomic clock that the modern satellite navigation can hardly manage without has a lot of non-obvious applications: from a search for dark matter and a drift of fundamental constants to Earth’s gravitational potential mapping. Head of the Complex Quantum Systems Optics Laboratory of P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Ksenia Khabarova has told the Scientific Russia portal about the purpose of the atomic clock and its working principle

The scientist discusses the mathematical view on the structure of our reality, the weirdness of the quantum world, and other themes in his interview with Scientific Russia

Vladimir Dmitrievich Kuznetsov, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Director of the N. V. Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radio Wave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN) speaks about the influence of the Sun on the Earth and about the work of the IZMIRAN Space Weather Prediction Center.

The scientist spoke about the mysteries of quasars, the study of the early Universe and deep space exploration, and, of course, about LPI RAS projects and his own path to science

On January 27, 1967, the USSR, the United States, and the United Kingdom signed the Outer Space Treaty

How can technology of remote sensing of the Earth keep track of wildfires, oceanic processes, volcanic activity, and urban development?

What did astrophysicists see on the unique X-ray map of the universe obtained by the eROSITA telescope of the Spektr-RG observatory? By Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Marat Gilfanov

These are the main space research highlights of the year

In 2029, Russian scientists plan to send a research mission to Venus. This will be the first research in the history of modern Russia

The sky has always attracted people: both dreamers and scientists. During the day, you can see clouds in it, which can be interpreted infinitely by your imagination or scientific research. At night, constellations appear, which further awaken abstract thinking and cause a lot of questions in people of science

During the flight, scientists Joseph Hafele and Richard Keating tested the time dilation predicted by Einstein’s theory of relativity

On September 1, 1804, astronomer Karl Harding discovered the asteroid Juno