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 ...

If you watch the New Year’s festivities from New York, you know that they mark midnight with the dropping of a big, gaudy ...

However, the Observatory’s most enduring legacy is the establishment of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). In the 19th century, as international trade and travel expanded, it became necessary to ...

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich Park was the first state-founded ... where visitors can learn about the history of astronomy and naval history. The Royal Observatory is now a place of learning ...

The nicety has been a recent norm, though Harris never went to the Naval Observatory prior to assuming the role in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election and the ...

The Greenwich Foot Tunnel, which links Cutty Sark Gardens to Island Gardens, opened in 1902 as a lifeline for workers heading ...

In 2016, then-Vice President Joe Biden and Second Lady Jill Biden notably welcomed former Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence to the Naval Observatory for lunch after Pence and ...