Greenwich Observatory said the best way to see the showers is at a dark site with an unobstructed view of the sky. The Lyrids ...

Skygazers across the UK – and in other parts of the world – are looking up to catch the astronomical spectacle.

Earth's oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids, are all set to light up the night sky this weekend. According to the Royal ...

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 best were those set by astronomers based on the position of the sun in the sky ...

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

Near the small town of Herstmonceux in the English county of East Sussex sits the former home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. The Royal Observatory Greenwich was first built in Greenwich ...

The Royal Greenwich Observatory said this year, the Lyrids will be visible from April 16 to April 25, peaking on April 22.

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. GMT means Greenwich Mean Time, which is what we ...

At the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, home of the meridian, the partial eclipse started at 10.07am, with the moon appearing to take nibble from the edge of the sun.

The skies became a little hazy at the peak, but the view was still crystal clear through my safety glasses. The crowd at the Royal Observatory Greenwich have loved it – describing it as magical ...