An event you won’t want to miss. The renowned Astronomy Magazine wrote about STARMUS VI Festival to take place in Yerevan in September

The authoritative Astronomy Magazine, which covers the current issues of astronomy and astronautics, is the most widespread, popular, and read in the world for its content. The last December issue of the magazine dedicated a special article on the STARMUS VI International Festival of Science and Art to take place in Armenia in 2021.

The article informs that on September 6-11, world-renowned scientists, astronomers and artists will gather in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, to discuss the recent inventions and discoveries in various fields of science. The STARMUS VI Festival will be organized under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian and with the RA Government’s support.

The initiative to bring the festival to Armenia belongs to the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian, who first spoke about this idea during his speech at the opening ceremony of the Starmus V Festival, held in Zurich in 2019.

In the summer of 2020, the decision to hold the festival in Armenia was officially announced. Stressing the importance of holding such a prestigious world-scale festival in Armenia, President Armen Sarkissian noted that owing to this, his country would become an international centre of technology, science, music and art for a week. The world-famous scientists will not only convey new ideas and thoughts to the visitors through their meetings and lectures during that week, but also will enthuse the local scientists and youth, and one of the goals of the festival is to direct the young people to science, the field of new technologies and to the future.

Astronomy Magazine tells about Armenia’s physicist President’s initiative ATOM (Advanced Tomorrow), aimed at the future and promoting the development of education and science. "It will contribute to the educational and economic development of the country," notes the magazine.

The STARMUS VI Festival will be dedicated to the "red planet" Mars, as 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the missions of the Soviet MARS 3 and NASA’s MARINER 9. The Nobel laureates - psychologist and neurologist Edvard Moser, and astrophysicist Michel Mayor; astronaut Charles Duke, who flew to the Moon in the Apollo 16 spacecraft, "father of the iPod" and NEST Founder Tony Fadell, CRISPR genetic-editing technology co-inventor and Nobel laureate Emanuelle Charpentier have confirmed their participation in the festival.

"Armenia is a country with a tradition of science that stretches back thousands of years," notes Astronomy Magazine, offering its readers, who are planning to visit Armenia to participate in the STARMUS Festival, a number of places of interest, including Karahunj, Sisian History Museum, Metsamor Historical-Archaeological Reserve-Museum, Byurakan Observatory, etc.

"The five previous STARMUS festivals have been incredible events, but STARMUS VI promises to outshine them all. You’ll not only hear scientists and astronauts speak, but also be able to interact with them throughout the event. Add to that the magnificent setting in Yerevan, Armenia, with all the amenities such a large city can offer. Then top it off with easy access to astronomy sites of the distant past and cutting-edge research that will continue far into the future. This is one event you won’t want to miss, " concludes the author of the article.