Although today the Royal Observatory Greenwich, in south-east London, is an excellent museum, for almost 300 years the site was a centre for astronomical and navigational observations and research.

Since an international conference in 1884, the world’s time zones have been measured from a line at the Royal Observatory. GMT means Greenwich Mean Time, and putting one foot either side of the ...

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, ...

From the Royal Observatory in ... who made their way to the Royal Observatory in Greenwich to catch the partial solar eclipse. Elizabeth Binney is visiting London from Thailand and headed to ...

Jessica Lee is an astronomer and educator at Greenwich’s Royal Observatory which is currently ... dates to see them in the night sky from London? According to Jessica, living in London with ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich, London, in 1675. At this original location, the observatory was set up with the goal of producing star charts and accurate time ...