For the first time a merger of two neutron stars was registered in two independent channels - via gravitational waves and in electromagnetic spectra. Our institute also took part in observing this grandiose event in optic.

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.

The National Center for Space Research and Technologies informs about conducting the 5th Fesenkov readings "Space Science in Kazakhstan: Current Status and Prospects", to be held during the International Forum "Kazakhstan's Way to Space: Realities and Prospects-2017" in Astana, October 12-13, 2017.

After 25 years of conservation AZT-20, the largest telescope in Kazakhstan, has undergone reconstruction and is put into operation. The telescope is fully robotized and equipped with the state-of-the-art light detectors.

Asteroid Day is a movement aiming to raise awareness about asteroid threat and possible methods of its mitigation. Since 2015 Asteroid Day is held on June 30 each year, and recently it has been sanctioned by the United Nations. The Asteroid Day Declaration has been signed by hundreds of leading scientists and artists. Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute is the regional ...

On Aprill 19, at 11 a.m., we have a seminar by Olga Zakhozhay from the Main Astronomical Observatory of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, with the talk about peculiarities of radiation flows out of circumstellar discs of various masses and ages.

Kazakhstan-Japan astronomy mini workshop has been held in Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute today, March 29, 2017. It included a wide range of topics -- observational techniques, computational astrophysics, gravitational waves, cataclysmic variables, and more.