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June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...
In 1967, the Royal Greenwich Observatory built a new tool — the Isaac Newton Telescope. The Isaac Newton Telescope was housed in its own new huge telescope dome (white this time), offset from ...
The Royal Observatory Greenwich will celebrate its 350th anniversary with a major redevelopment, enhancing visitor access and galleries.
The Royal Observatory became considered the home of time and navigation, establishing the Prime Meridian in 1884 as the world’s zero longitude and Greenwich Mean Time as a global standard.
Work will begin in September 2025, with the gardens and the accessible routes getting an overhaul which will mean they reach the telescope for the first time. Of the £77 million budget, £50.5 million ...
Ed Bloomer, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, examines how well science fiction films have predicted futures ...
On 29 March, a partial solar eclipse will pass over Canada and parts of northern Europe, including London. Thanks to our friends at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, we can experience this event ...
Never-before-seen Images From Saturn Kick Off Celebrations at Royal Observatory Greenwich in London by SpaceRef June 22, 2009 July 15, 2024 Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X ...
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 ...
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June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy.