Near the small town of Herstmonceux in the English county of East Sussex sits the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory ... domes forgotten by the outside world. If nobody had stepped ...

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, was at the forefront of this technological rush. It was here that Greenwich Mean Time was developed – an average measure of solar time by astronomers ...

WHEN the Royal Observatory moves from Greenwich to Herstmonceux, the Airy transit circle, which was installed in 1851 and which marks the zero meridian of longitude, will be left at Greenwich ...

However, the Observatory’s most enduring legacy is the establishment of Greenwich ... the Royal Observatory continues to inspire and educate visitors with its exhibitions, planetarium shows ...

Families looking for a fun and educational half-term activity can visit the Greenwich Planetarium, where a variety of exciting shows will be running throughout the school holidays. Part of the ...

ON Saturday last (June 3), the Astronomer Royal presented his Annual Report to the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The weather was all that could be desired, and the large ...

To fix this the Royal Observatory decided to set a standard time that everyone could set clocks to. This was called Greenwich Mean time(GMT). GMT became the only official time used in the UK ...

Near the small town of Herstmonceux in the English county of East Sussex sits the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory ... domes forgotten by the outside world. If nobody had stepped ...

Nestled in the rolling green hills of the English countryside is an important site in global astronomical history. But now, with its future uncertain, this historic site is at risk. Near the small ...