A partial solar eclipse is happening on March 29 and you can watch it all online for free. On the morning of March 29, the new moon will partially cover the sun's disk, creating the appearance of a ...

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.

Although today the Royal Observatory Greenwich, in south-east London, is an excellent museum, for almost 300 years the site was a centre for astronomical and navigational observations and research.

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 ...

This story was written with AI assistance from Who is? The National Maritime Museum (NMM) has launched a redevelopment tender ...

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 ...

Skywatchers in London and other parts of the UK have ... Ahead of Friday’s lunar eclipse, astronomer Jake Foster, at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said: “When the Earth comes between ...

Since an international conference in 1884, the world’s time zones have been measured from a line at the Royal Observatory. GMT means Greenwich Mean Time, and putting one foot either side of the ...

Skygazers have gathered across the UK to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse. The phenomenon occurs when the Moon ...