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In the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives at Cambridge University Library, one man's papers take up a staggering 110 meters ...
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.
The National Maritime Museum is looking for a contractor to deliver a major redevelopment of the Royal Observatory in ...
This story was written with AI assistance from Who is? The National Maritime Museum (NMM) has launched a redevelopment tender ...
For example, during an explosive space battle scene in Star Trek, a crew member is tossed out into space and suddenly into ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Astronomer Jake Foster at the Royal Observatory Greenwich said: “When the Earth comes between the sun and the moon, the only sunlight that can reach the moon must first pass through the Earth ...
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 ...