The popular children’s entertainer stars in an outreach programme this summer and will show the youngest viewers how to work on a telescope. Further information: Spanish press release

Natalia Ruiz Zelmanovitch

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