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"KITION Science Café"

Since its establishment in 2008, the KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY organizes monthly FREE of charge "KITION Science Café" meetings.

These meetings are usually scheduled on Wednesday evenings at 19:00 at our premises.

From time to time there are also held FREE online "KITION Science Café" meetings via Zoom, YouTube, Facebook Live or Skype.

The theme for each meeting is carefully chosen and represents the actual state of modern level of knowledge.

Every participant is welcome in a friendly and cosy atmosphere and has opportunity to express his opinion

and share his knowledge on many different important subjects.

"KITION Science Café" holds stunning discussions and debates in the fields of science and culture,

recent discoveries and the mysteries of the unknown.

To attend a "KITION Science Café" meeting at our premises you need to book in advance.

To attend a "KITION Science Café" meeting online, you just need to follow the provided link for the meeting.

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2025 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

28 JANUARY 2025	METEORITES AND LATEST NEWS ON ASTEROID APOPHIS AND NEAR EARTH OBJECTS SPEAKER: TAKIS THEODOSSIOU (GREECE NC FOR ASTEROID DAY, METEORITE EXPERT)
25 FEBRUARY 2025	INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - WOMEN IN SCIENCE, ASTRONOMY NEWS, WORKSHOPS SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR)
25 MARCH 2025	GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH 2025, ASTRONOMY NEWS AND WORKSHOPS SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (CYPRUS'S NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR AWB)
29 APRIL 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
27 MAY 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
24 JUNE 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
29 JULY 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
26 AUGUST 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
30 SEPTEMBER 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
28 OCTOBER 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
25 NOVEMBER 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED
30 DECEMBER 2025	TOPIC: TO BE ANNOUNCED SPEAKER: TO BE ANNOUNCED

2024 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

30 JANUARY 2024	ASTRONOMY AND ARCHEOASTRONOMY SPEAKER: TEAM OF KITION PLANETARIUM AND OBSERVATORY
27 FEBRUARY 2024	LIFE ON MARS? - WHO WAS GIORDANO BRUNO? - UPCOMING EVENTS SPEAKER: EKATERINI DEMTRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
26 MARCH 2024	HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE - FORMATION OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM - UPCOMING EVENTS SPEAKER: ANDREEA BOLDUREANU (ROMANIA)
08 APRIL 2024	GAM 2024 - TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 8 APRIL 2024 SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY) CYPRUS NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR AWB GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH
30 APRIL 2024	TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE AS ORIGIN OF FAITH SPEAKER: ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
28 MAY 2024	JAMES WEBB VS HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
25 JUNE 2024	ASTEROIDS AND DINOSAURS SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY) GUSET SPEAKER: ALEXIS PANTELIDES (PALEONTOLOGIST)
30 JULY 2024	PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER 2024 SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY) THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CYPRUS SPEAKER: STAVROULLA VASILEIOU (PALEONTOLOGIST)
27 AUGUST 2024	PERSEIDS 2024 - RESULTS, KITION ASTRONOMY ACADEMY, ACHIEVEMENTS IN IOAA SPEAKER: ALEXANDER PROKOFYEV (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
24 SEPTEMBER 2024	UN WORLD SPACE WEEK 2024 - SPACE AND CLIMATE CHANGE SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (CYPRUS NC FOR UN WORLD SPACE WEEK)
29 OCTOBER 2024	ASTRONOMY NEWS, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL EVENTS, PALAEONTOLOGY WORKSHOPS SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
26 NOVEMBER 2024	BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE & ITS REVELATION IN HELPING HUMANS COMPREHEND A REAL WAY OF LIVING! LET'S REVEAL TOOLS & WAYS FOR PERSONAL GROWTH IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE! SPEAKER: EMILIA NICOLAIDOU (BSc (Hons) Optometry & Visual Science, MSc Psychology, Diploma In Modern Applied Psychology, Internationally Accredited Life Coach)
17 DECEMBER 2024	TOPIC: CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY SAVING, LIGHT POLLUTION, ECOSYSTEM, BIODIVERSITY SPEAKER: GEORGE TROULLIAS (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)

2023 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

31 JANUARY 2023	CYBER SECURITY BY STELIOS TRIKOS (CYBER SECURITY EXPERT)
28 FEBRUARY 2023	KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY - 15 YEARS ANNIVERSARY GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR) AND TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS
28 MARCH 2023	GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH APRIL 2023 GEORGE TROULLIAS (CYPRUS NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR AWB AND GAM)
25 APRIL 2023	DEEP SKY IMAGE PROCESSING. FROM STACKING TO FINAL RESULT ARTEM MIRGOROD (UKRAINE)
30 MAY 2023	JUPITER ICY MOONS EXPLORER EKATERINI DEMETRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST)
27 JUNE 2023	CELEBRATIONS OF ASTEROID DAY 2023 PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF FIREBALL TRAJECTORY SIMULATION MAXIM VEREVKIN (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
25 JULY 2023	PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER 2023 EXPEDITION 67 / CONSTANTINOS TROULLIAS - 1ST CYPRIOT MAN ANALOGUE ASTRONAUT
29 AUGUST 2023	BLUE SUPERMOON AND OPPOSITION OF SATURN PERSEIDS AND FIREBALLS CYPRUS 1ST GOLD MEDAL IN IOAA AUGUSTA - EXPEDITION 66 IN AATC GEORGE TROULLIAS, ALEXANDR PROKOPHIEV, CONSTANTINOS TROULLIAS, ARA MAHDESSIAN
26 SEPTEMBER 2023	COMPATRIOTS OF INTERPLANETARY SIGNIFICANCE SVETLANA GARSHINA (Russkiy KraY)
31 OCTOBER 2023	ASTRONOMY LATEST NEWS - BEST OBJECTS TO OBSERVE IN NOVEMBER'S SKY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY
28 NOVEMBER 2023	WHAT'S ON DECEMBER'S SKY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY
19 DECEMBER 2023	BEST CELESTIAL EVENTS IN 2024 - RESULTS OF GEMINDS RESEARCH Prof. JULIO SAUCEDO MORALES (UNIVERSITY OF SONORA, MEXICO) Prof. RAUL PEREZ-ENRIQUEZ (UNIVERSITY OF SONORA, MEXICO) KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY

2022 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

25 JANUARY 2022	COMETS: FROM DISCOVERY TO PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAROUN HABIB (LEBANON)
22 FEBRUARY 2022	ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM BY PROF. XENOPHON MOUSSAS (NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS)
29 MARCH 2022	WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE BY ELEONORA KAISER
26 APRIL 2022	THE GNOMON AND ITS SOLSTICE SHADOWS: A UNIVERSAL PARADIGM? BY PROF. RAUL PEREZ ENRIQUEZ (MEXICO)
31 MAY 2022	WHAT'S ON THE SKY? BY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY
30 JUNE 2022	ASTEROID DAY CYPRUS 30 JUNE 2022 BY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY
26 JULY 2022	SHARP EYE OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE BY KATIE DEMETRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
30 AUGUST 2022	THE OLDEST WORLD TREE BY ALEXANDR PROKOPHIEV (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
27 SEPTEMBER 2022	SPACE AND SUSTAINABILITY: UNITED NATIONS WORLD SPACE WEEK 2022 BY GEORGE TROULLIAS (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
25 OCTOBER 2022	SOLAR ECLIPSE OVER OLD WORLD BY ALEXANDR PROKOPHIEV (KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
29 NOVEMBER 2022	LARGE AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKING BY OLEG KRYKLYA (KRASNOGRAD, UKRAINE)
27 DECEMBER 2022	ASTEROID HIGHLIGHTS 2023 BY SAULO MACHADO (ASTRONOMER, ASTEROID DAY GLOBAL EVENT COORDINATOR, BRAZIL)

2021 "KITION Science Café" Meetings

2016 COSMIC LIGHT REACHES CYPRUS

05 JANUARY 2021	RECENT METEOR SHOWER OBSERVATIONS AND ASTRONOMY NEWS BY THE KITON PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY (CYPRUS) RESEARCH TEAM
19 JANUARY 2021	RETURN OF PEREGRINE BY SPACE SCIENTIST EKATERINI DEMETRIOU
02 FEBRUARY 2021	PHOTOGRAPHING THE COSMOS BY AMATEUR ASTRONOMER CHRIS GEORGE
16 FEBRUARY 2021	EXPLORING THE MOON: FROM EARTH, FROM SPACE AND FROM THE LUNAR SURFACE BY ASTRONOMER WILLIAM JOYCE
02 MARCH 2021	THE FIRST GLOBAL E-COMPETITION ON ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS BY STELIOS SYCALLIDES
16 MARCH 2021	TIME LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY BY PHOTOGRAPHER AND AMATEUR ASTRONOMER JOHN FOX
30 MARCH 2021	THE BENEFITS OF SPACE EXPLORATION BY GEORGE TROULLIAS (DIRECTOR, KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY)
13 APRIL 2021	YURI GAGARIN - YURI'S NIGHT - WORLD'S COSMONAUTICS DAY BY GEORGE TROULLIAS
27 APRIL 2021	NEW COINS EXHIBITS AT THE KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY SPACE EXHIBITION BY ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV
11 MAY 2021	2021 MARS EXPLORATION BY EKATERINI DEMETRIOU
25 MAY 2021	METEORITES BY TAKIS THEODOSSIOU
08 JUN 2021	THE HISTORY OF ASTEROID DAY BY GEORGE TROULLIAS
22 JUN 2021	PLASTIC POLUTION OVER SPACE AND TIME BY DR IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU
06 JUL 2021	THE SKY IN JULY AND AUGUST 2021 BY ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV
20 JUL 2021	AMATEUR ASTRONOMY AND LIVE INTERACTION BY OLEG KRYKLYA
03 AUG 2021	FROM PLATES TO PIXELS BY JOHN FOX FRAS
17 AUG 2021	METEOR SHOWERS OF SUMMER 2021 BY ALEXANDR PROKOFYEV
31 AUG 2021	ALL SKY CAMERAS AND TRIANGULATING OF METEORS AND NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS BY Prof. DAVID REES FRAS (UK)
28 SEP 2021	WORLD SPACE WEEK 2021 - WOMEN IN SPACE BY GEORGE TROULLIAS (UN WSW NC CYPRUS) AND KATIE DEMETRIOU (SPACE SCIENTIST)
26 OCT 2021	WHAT IS THE DEAL WITH BETELGEUSE? BY Dr STELLA KAFKA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CEO OF THE AAVSO, USA)
30 NOV 2021	ANALOGUE ASTRONAUT TRAINING CENTER AND LUNARES RESEARCH STATION BY ELEONORA KAISER (ASTROPHYSICIST AND ANALOGUE ASTRONAUT)
28 DEC 2021	2021 AND BEYOND BY KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY TEAM AND GUESTS

(2008 - 2020 database is incomplete due to reconstruction of the website)

2016 "KITION Science Café" - COSMIC LIGHT REACHES CYPRUS

10 FEBRUARY	INTERNATIONAL DARWIN DAY – NATURAL SELECTION
9 MARCH	TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2016 “ECLIPSES IN CULTURE"
23 MARCH	LUNAR ECLIPSE “ECLIPSES IN CULTURE"
30 MARCH	“MYTHODEA” (GREEK) NASA MISSION: 2001 MARS ODYSSEY SPEAKER: CONSTANTINA TSOKOU, SCHOLAR OF ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE

APRIL – GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH 2016

6 APRIL	"JUPITER THE KING OF PLANETS"
13 APRIL	“LUNAR EXPLORATIONS”
4 MAY	“UNIVERSE”
11 MAY	“HOW TO OBSERVE UFO”
25 MAY	“MARS COLONIZATION”

2015 "KITION Science Café" INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LIGHT AND LIGHT-BASED ECHNOLOGIES

21 JANUARY	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
18 FEBRUARY	INTERNATIONAL DARWIN DAY – NATURAL SELECTION
25 FEBRUARY	“THE HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE LAST 8 MILLION YEARS” (GREEK) SPEAKER: IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU, PROF. UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
4 MARCH	"MARCH’S SPACEWALK"

APRIL – GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH

8 APRIL	"APRIL’S SPACEWALK"
15 APRIL	"GLOBE AT NIGHT"
22 APRIL	“LUNAR EXPLORATIONS”
29 APRIL	“LUNAR EXPLORATIONS”
13 MAY	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
27 MAY	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
14 OCTOBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
28 OCTOBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
18 NOVEMBER	“MARS COLONIZATION”
25 NOVEMBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”
2 DECEMBER	“GEMS OF STARRY SKY”
9 DECEMBER	“ETERNAL LOVE”
23 DECEMBER	“HOW TO OBSERVE UFO”
30 DECEMBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”

2014 "KITION Science Café"

8 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “SPACE RESEARCH ON COINS”
15 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “CATACLYSMS OF 2013”
22 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “UFO”
29 JANUARY	LECTURE-DISCUSSION “DREAMS & UNCONSCIOUSNESS”
19 FEBRUARY	6 YEARS OF "KITION PLANETARIUM & OBSERVATORY"
26 FEBRUARY	LECTURE - DISCUSSION "BERMUDA TRIANGLE"
19 MARCH	“THE HUMAN EVOLUTION” (GREEK) SPEAKER: IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU, PROF. UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
26 MARCH	“THE SOUND OF SPACE”
7 MAY	"MYTHODEA" NASA MISSION : 2001 MARS ODYSSEY
28 MAY	“THE HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE LAST 8 MILLION YEARS” (GREEK) SPEAKER: IRIS CHARALAMBIDOU, PROF. UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA
4 JUNE	"THE ART OF BELLY DANCING"
11 JUNE	"DID THE AMERICANS LAND ON THE MOON?"
9 JULY	"DID THE AMERICANS LAND ON THE MOON?"
16 JULY	"SATURN"
30 JULY	THE 45^TH ANNIVERSARY OF LANDING ON THE MOON
24 SEPTEMBER	ARCHEOASTRONOMY
15 OCTOBER	“COMET C/2013 A1 MEETS MARS”
29 OCTOBER	“NATURAL SELECTION”
12 NOVEMBER	“MOTIONS AND EMOTIONS UNDER THE MOONLIGHT”
19 NOVEMBER	“ROSETTA MISSION MEETS COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO”
26 NOVEMBER	“ROSETTA MISSION MEETS COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO”
3 DECEMBER	“ROSETTA MISSION MEETS COMET 67P/CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO”
10 DECEMBER	“GEMINIDS – METEOR SHOWER”
17 DECEMBER	PRESENTATION - DEBATE “ASTROLOGY VS ASTRONOMY”

2013 "KITION Science Café"

10 APRIL	LECTURE “STARPEACE”
22 SEPTEMBER	“SHIELD OF AJAX”
9 OCTOBER	“EXPLORING MARS, DISCOVERING EARTH”
11 DECEMBER	LECTURE “SPACE RESEARCH ON COINS”
18 DECEMBER	LECTURE “COMETS OF THE MONTH”

2012 "KITION Science Café"

15 APRIL

“BEAUTY WITHOUT BORDERS”

2011 "KITION Science Café"

1 MARCH	"HPV DNA TEST" SPEAKER: DR. PAULOS I. NEOFYTOU
12 APRIL	“YURI'S NIGHT” GAGARIN'S FLIGHT - 50 YEARS
14 SEPTEMBER	“SUPERNOVA SN 2011fe IN M101” SPEAKER: DR. GIANLUCA MASI BELLATRIX ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, ITALY

2009 "KITION Science Café" - INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY

27 AUGUST	MARS HOAX
6 OCTOBER	"DIGITAL SIMULATION OF THE NIGHT SKY" SPEAKER: YIANNOS IOANNOU, ASTRONOMER
27 NOVEMBER	LECTURES - DISCUSSIONS “JUPITER AND OUR STELLITE THE MOON"

2008 "KITION Science Café"

11 OCTOBER	COFFEE AND EDUCATIONAL ASTRONOMY LECTURE
14 NOVEMBER	WORLD SPACE WEEK "SPACE FOR EDUCATION"
26 NOVEMBER	COFFEE AND SPACE EDUCATION