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From sundials to atomic clocks, our understanding of time has become a lot more accurate as technological developments ...
Over 100 red sprites were captured above the Himalayas in 2022. A study linked them to strong lightning strikes in a large ...
Visitors to the world-famous Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, south-east London, are to be charged for the first time in 10 years. Entrance to the building's courtyard ...
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The First Ever Times Square Ball Drop Was Held Atop the New York Times Headquarters in 1907, Starting a Cherished TraditionAt first he tried flags, but settled on a ball that descended a pole at a given time of day. In 1833, the Royal Observatory at Greenwich installed a time ball on its roof so ships on the Thames ...
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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