  Yerevan will welcome Armenia’s first planetarium on New Year’s Day December 18, 2019 - 12:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s first planetarium will open in Yerevan on January 1, 2020. According to a post on the planetarium’s Facebook page, the new facility will screen films about the origin of the universe, the birth of stars and planets, as well as the development of astronautics and space exploration technologies. The planetarium will open on the territory of the English Park in downtown Yerevan. The project was created jointly by the team of St. Petersburg’s Planetarium №1 (the largest in the world in terms of the diameter of the dome) and leading planetarium designer Grigor Mashuryan. The planetarium, which will be equipped with a screen with a diameter of 14 meters, will accommodate up to 50 people. Spectators will be able to get comfortable on the armchairs so that they can literally lie down and look at the starry sky.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24  U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says.CSTO recognizes Armenia’s sovereign right to withdraw Tasmagambetov has said that if Armenia decides to leave the organization, “it will be the sovereign right of Armenia.”Ex-President: Only removal of “defeatist” rulers can save Armenia Former Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has shared a message on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. |
