On December 4, 2019 at 11 a.m. we have a seminar entitled "Rotational evolution of neutron stars in gaseous medium with magnetic field", which will be delivered by Vitaliy Kim, a researcher in the laboratory of physics of stars and nebulae of FAPHI.

In the framework of the Space Week we will have the meeting at Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute with Dr. Shannon Walker, a NASA astronaut, on October 3, at 2 pm.

On August 9, at 11:00 a.m., we have a seminar where prof. Shih-Ping Lai from the National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) will give a talk titled "Fortune telling with Astrochemistry: How efficient the Universe produces stars?"

Все желающие приглашаются на встречу, посвященную международному Дню астероида и организованную нашим институтом 15 июня в Большом зале механико-математического факультета КазНУ.

On April, 17 we have a scientific counsel meeting, where Ahunov T.A. of the National university of Uzbekistan will give a talk "The CCD-photometry of selected gravitationally lensed quasars and cases of wide fields". The talk is delivered in the framework of the dissertation seeking the degree of Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (specialty 01.03.01 - Astronomy).

The largest telescope in Kazakhstan - the 1.5-m telescope at Assy-Turgen Observatory - has undergone a major upgrade. A 4-lens quartz field corrector with the diameter of 280 mm has been installed.

Open star clusters live longer than previously assumed, says the press-release at Heidelberg University about the work of our researcher Bekdaulet Shukirgaliyev and his collaborators at the University's Center for Astronomy.