On December 21, the inhabitants of the Earth could observe a rare astronomical phenomenon. In the evening sky, the two bright planets Jupiter and Saturn were visible at a small angular distance from each other, only 6 arc minutes.

A news story from the "MK Kazakshtan" online and print media outlet about Assy-Turgen observatory.

A news story of "MK Kazakhstan" newspaper highlighting the upgraded computational cluster in Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute.

The Khabar 24 channel has covered a news story about Assy-Turgen astrophysical observatory and about the observations carried out there.

On July 27, 2017 a media tour to Assy-Turgen observatory was organized, with more than 30 journalists participating. The tour aimed at acquainting the public with the observatory and its telescopes, including AZT-20, the largest telescope in Kazakhstan that was recently put into operation.

In this release of "Discovering Kazakhstan", Dennis Keen aquatints the audience with Kamenskoe Plauteau and Tian-Shan observatories. Originally filmed in English.

Photo reportage at Vласть online magazine about FAPHI and its observatory at Kamenskoe Plateau. The story goes about the Hertz reflector telescope transported to Almaty after World War II, high-aperture Maksutov telescope which made the discovery of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko comet, and many other things.