"We recognize the unique heritage and educational value of the observatory site and its importance to the local community and ...

February 5 is important as it was on this day in 1924 that Greenwich Time Signal was broadcast for the first time in history.

In 1884, an international conference decided that the Prime Meridian, which runs through Greenwich, would be the starting point for timekeeping. The line runs through the Royal Observatory ...

taken over three years or more : this change is fully in accord with the experience gained in the cloudier weather (but better seeing) at Greenwich.

Something had to be done. And it was at this building in London that the problem was solved. Fleur Sax: This is the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Home of time. In 1884, it was decided that this ...

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 ...

Get starry-eyed at this exploration of the universe at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich’s planetarium. Watch ‘The Sky Tonight Live’, presented by an astronomer, to find out what is in the ...

One Times Square, the billboard-covered building at the intersection ... a pole at a given time of day. In 1833, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich installed a time ball on its roof so ships ...

Herstmonceux Observatory, formerly owned by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, has been owned ... say they are concerned for the Grade II listed building's future without a lease extension.