From sundials to atomic clocks, our understanding of time has become a lot more accurate as technological developments ...

Near the small town of Herstmonceux in the English county of East Sussex sits the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich ...

Stargazers could spot up to 40 meteors an hour light up the night sky this week as May's annual meteor shower reaches its peak ...

The park, laid out on the basis of an original design by André Le Nôtre, contains the Old Royal Observatory, the work of Wren and the scientist Robert Hooke. Description is available under license ...

In the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives at Cambridge University Library, one man's papers take up a staggering 110 meters of shelving. In a new article from Isis: the Journal of the History of ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich is the home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian of the World. It is also home to London's only planetarium, the Harrison timekeepers and the UK's largest ...

Herstmonceux Observatory, formerly owned by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said last year its lease from current owner Queen's University Canada had not been extended beyond the end of 2026.

Visitors to the world-famous Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south-east London, are to be charged for the first time in 10 years. Entrance to the building's courtyard ...

Macmillan is publishing a collection of poems about space – old and new – to celebrate 350 years of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Charlotte Eyre is the former children’s editor of The ...

Greenwich's claim to fame is undoubtedly the Royal Observatory, where the prime meridian bisects the institution and travelers can stand on both the eastern and western hemispheres. Other favorite ...

From the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to Warwickshire and all the way up to Manchester, people watched as the Moon moved in front of the Sun, stirring up a range of emotions. We even got a great ...