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 ...

Since 1884, the world’s time zones have been measured from a line at the Royal Observatory, which you can visit if you find yourself in Greenwich ... There's a planetarium there too, and ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE Royal Observatory is situated in Greenwich Park on the edge of a scarp overlooking the Thames. The ground descends sharply to the north and west. On the east (running diagonally across the ...

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 ...

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the Astronomer Royal presented his annual report to the Board of Visitors of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Following the usual custom, a number of astronomers and other men of science were ...

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 ...