The Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and town of Villajoyosa (Alicante) will undertake joint research and outreach projects on observations of the sky throughout the history of the municipality and its surroundings. For further information and interviews contact: César Esteban López (IAC) cel [at] iac.es (cel[at]iac[dot]es); 922605243. IAC Spanish press release

Photo caption: Montage of almost 2000 individual photos taken at 35-second intervals, from Friday night, 21 June, until sunset on Saturday, 22 June, during the Open Days at the Teide Observatory. The images were taken with a wide-angle camera mounted on the GREGOR Solar Telescope. Star-trails can be seen in Friday's night sky, as well as all the activity of the visitors throughout Saturday. The final photo reveals the multitudinous attendance of the public. Author: Daniel López (© IAC) 2013 Observatorio del Teide Open Days Preview and video description Download: mp4 (Duración: 1 minuto 43

The characteristics of ALHAMBRA, a detailed study of eight separate deep regions of the Universe, make it the best available tool for exploring the recent history of the Universe This first version of the data, called ALHAMBRA-gold and led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, contains a hundred thousand galaxies, twenty thousand stars and a thousand possible active galactic nuclei Researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have also participated in the catalogue, which was compiled at the Calar Alto Observatory REFERENCE A. Molino et al. The ALHAMBRA

There will be open days at the Teide Observatory, Tenerife, on 21 22 June, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

From Monday, 17 June, Puerto de la Cruz will be hosting the XII JEM-EUSO collaboration international meeting to place an observatory to hunt for cosmic rays on board theInternationaSpace Station

SUNRISE, a solar telescope carried on board a stratospheric balloon to study the magnetic field of the Sun, was launched today from the Esrange Space Centre, near the city of Kiruna (Sweden)