The GLORIA project provides public access to the first of its 17 robotic telescopes: The Open Outreach Solar Telescope (with the Spanish acronynm TADS), located at the Teide Observatory and owned by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC). Further information: IAC Spanish press release

A study, in which the IAC is collaborating, obtains the most detailed observation yet of a black hole at the centre of a supermassive galaxy. The results suggest that, apart from ravenously engulfing the cosmic dust in its surroundings, the black hole also expels some of the dust from the galaxy in the form of cold winds. The study, which has been published in The Astrophysical Journal, poses a challenge to present theories concerning black holes. Further information: IAC Spanish press release

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)