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.

In order to keep time accurately, we have always had to set our clocks by the ticks of a better one. Until the 1950s, the ...

In the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives at Cambridge University Library, one man's papers take up a staggering 110 meters ...

Laura French Sitting southeast of central London, Greenwich is a great daytrip within city limits and well worth the trek. Greenwich's claim to fame is undoubtedly the Royal Observatory ...

housed in the onion dome that makes the observatory a distinctive landmark on Greenwich’s skyline. It’s the largest refracting telescope in the UK and still in use by the museum for public ...

Jessica Lee is an astronomer and educator at Greenwich’s Royal Observatory which is currently ... dates to see them in the night sky from London? According to Jessica, living in London with ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich, London, in 1675 ... The observatory dome in the picture used to house Isaac Newton telescope, which is now situated at La Palma ...