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)

Open Days for 2013 at the Teide Observatory are scheduled for Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June, from 10:00 to 15:00. Entry will be granted strictly according to order of arrival and vehicles must be parked in the parking area of the Observatory. This year, the bus company Titsa will participate in the initiative by providing a special service to the Observatory. A press release will be issued within the next few days on the IAC website giving further details. Further information: Poster (jpg, 1 MB) Poster (pdf, 25 MB) OT map (jpg, 700 KB) OT map (pdf, 13,4 MB)

At its Plenary Meeting, the local government (Cabildo) of Tenerife agreed unanimously to confer the Island of Tenerife Gold Medal to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), as well as to Loro Parque zoo and the painter Pedro González González. Further information