STARMUS Festival

🚀🚀HERE'S WHAT WE CAN REVEAL SO FAR ABOUT STARMUS LA PALMA 🚀🚀 📅 Dates: Mark your calendars! From April 25–29, 2025, we’re taking over the island. 🎤 Speakers: Discover the incredible lineup of confirmed speakers—and stay tuned for even more exciting names to come! 📍 Locations: The STARMUS Camps and two concerts already have their venues locked in. We’re still putting the final touches on the main lecture venue details.

We're thrilled to present STARMUS LA PALMA! Finally, we can start unveiling the details of the next stop in this incredible journey of science and art brought to you by the Starmus Festivals. Read on to discover the locations and speakers that will transform La Palma into the epicenter of art and science in April 2025. The next milestone in the amazing journey of Starmus Festivals will take place in La Palma, the island where Starmus was born. Starmus La Palma will take place between the 25th and 29th of April, and will include the classic Starmus formula of unique keynote lectures, one-off concerts and street events. Under the title “The Island of Stars,” STARMUS La Palma will focus on the major challenges we face in protecting the skies from pollution and space debris. La Palma will feature: - x2 STARMUS CAMPS: Located in the historic capital of Santa Cruz de La Palma and Los Llanos de Aridane. - x2 MAIN CONCERTS: The Opening Concert in Santa Cruz de La Palma on April 25 and The Island of the Stars Concert in Puerto de Tazacorte on April 26. - KEYNOTE LECTURES: A four-day program of keynote lectures from April 25 to April 29. (venue to be announced with the full program) The STARMUS La Palma festival will feature a remarkable roster of speakers, including Nobel Laureates like John Mather, Kip Thorne, Michel Mayor, Steven Chu or Donna Strickland; famous astronauts such as Col. Chris Hadfield, Terry Virts, first female private space explorer and entrepreneur Anousheh Ansari or ESA astronaut reserve Sara García; popular scientists and communicators like Jim Bell or Javier Santaolalla, who is also a collaborator of Starmus; world-renowned inventors and entrepreneurs like Tony Fadell, the inventor of the iPod and co-creator of the iPhone; environmental experts like Maureen Raymo and Chris Rapley; and scientific luminaries such as Rafael Yuste, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Carlos Briones, Xavier Barcons, Juan Ignacio Cirac, Jesús Martín-Fernández,Miguel Alcubierre, IAC Director, Valentín Martínez and IAC Subdirector, Eva Villaver. Go to starmus.com and follow us in social media to keep up with all the upcoming details. #STARMUSLaPalma, #IslandOfStars #JaneGoodall #BrianMay #JohnMather #KipThorne #MichelMayor #StevenChu #DonnaStrickland #ChrisHadfield #TerryVirts #AnoushehAnsari #SaraGarcia #MarioLivio #JavierSantaolalla #TonyFadell #MaureenRaymo #ChrisRapley #RafaelYuste #JuanLuisArsuaga #CarlosBriones #XavierBarcons #JuanIgnacioCirac #MiguelAlcubierre #ValentinMartinez #EvaVillaver #SkyProtection #StarlightFoundation #SpaceDebris #LaPalma

The Starmus Formula 🧪 Starmus = Lectures + Live Performances + Public Exhibitions. For seven editions, Starmus has transformed whole cities into epicenters of science and art. Our unique formula combines amazing lectures, breathtaking musical performances, and public exhibitions that bring cities alive with the beat of science and art. From thought-provoking talks by leading scientists to mesmerizing concerts by world-renowned musicians, and open-air events bringing the heartbeat of science to the streets, Starmus creates an unparalleled experience that celebrates the wonders of the universe.

We are thrilled to confirm our collaboration with CEC Isla Bonita,the largest educational and cultural congress on the island of La Palma, which brings together educators from all over the archipelago and international leaders in the field of education.🧑🏫 We will be presenting STARMUS to the attendees and we will share some projects of our next edition, STARMUS La Palma,aimed at students! #CECIslaBonita #Starmus #InspiringTheNextGenerationOfExplorers

🔭 Do you know this incredible woman? Meet Jocelyn Bell, the scientist who discovered pulsars in 1967, a groundbreaking find that revealed neutron stars and validated general relativity. Despite being overlooked by the Nobel Prize in 1974—when her supervisors received the award instead—her legacy continues to inspire. With numerous accolades to her name, Bell used her $3 million Breakthrough Prize to support women and minorities in physics, ensuring a brighter future for science and equality. #JocelynBell #WomenInSTEM #Pulsars #DiversityInScience

Imagine a future where capitalism doesn't contribute to climate change, but rather helps to solve it. Nat Keohane's closing remarks draw a future where our planet thrives, powered by clean energy and innovative solutions. A world where carbon is stored, not emitted; where forests are valued more alive than dead. Join the economist and director of the Center for Climate Change and Energy Solutions as he describes such a future for the crowd at Starmus VII. #climatechange #energy #capitalismforclimate #capitalism

Can’t wait to share the incredible project we have in hand!! 🎥✨ Here is a little sneak peek of yesterday’s epic filming at the breathtaking Gran Telescopio de Canarias, S.A. (GRANTECAN). Pure magic in the making! 🌌🚀 #STARS #MUSIC #STARMUS #LAPALMA 📷 Javier Santaolalla Camino

🌟We’ve had the privilege of speaking this morning at the '6th Belt and Road International Science Popularization Seminar' organized by the Beijing International Science & Technology Service Center Co.,Ltd and the Hubei Academy of Scientific and Technical Information. It was an honor to share the panel with amazing professionals from various fields, all united by the common goal of science popularization. 🌍✨ Thank you so much for counting on Starmus for such a great edition! 🙏 #BRISPS2024 #STARMUS #SciencePopularization

WOOW! What a Week for Space Exploration! 🚀🌌   We space enthusiasts are over the moon with excitement, celebrating the incredible milestones in space exploration this week. Let’s take a moment to celebrate these achievements! 🌟✨ 1 - SpaceX marks a new era in rocket reusability! 🚀🤖 One small step for Mechazilla, one giant leap in space exploration with the incredible mid-air catch of the Super Heavy booster!   📸 SpaceX 2 - Life on Jupiter’s moon?? Europa Clipper is on its way to find out! 🚀🌌 🚀 NASA’s Europa Clipper mission was launched this week and is on its (long) way to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa, to uncover its icy secrets and potential for life. Europa may have an ocean with twice as much water as Earth’s oceans! 🌊🌌 The mission is expected to reach Europa by 2030.   📸NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration 3 - Space cartography moves forward: ESA’s Euclid mission unveils the first piece of the Universe’s map, capturing millions of stars and galaxies in stunning detail. 🌌✨ 📸 European Space Agency - ESA /Euclid/Euclid Consortium/@NASA, @cea_officiel-Saclay, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, E. Bertin, G. Anselmi; @creativecommons CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO 4 - Dressing up for the Moon (finally) again! 🚀👩 Axiom Space and Prada unveil the AxEMU spacesuit, marking a milestone in commercial space exploration. 🚀👩🚀 The Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU) spacesuit has been produced for NASA’s Artemis III lunar mission, which will be the first crewed mission to the Moon since Apollo 17 with our dear friend Charlie Duke! 🌕🚀 📸 Prada / Axiom Space  #spaceexploration #Mechazilla #europeclipper #euclidmission #AxEMU 

From melting ice sheets to personal stories of impact, it's time to connect the dots. Beware of the "head to heart gap". Global warming affects people in meaningful ways, but we need to improve the way we deliver this message. Join climate scientist @katharinehayhoe at Starmus VII as she bridges the head to heart gap on climate change. #climatechange #globalwarming