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Starting in 1836, a former Royal Observatory employee named John Belville charged people an annual fee to use his pocket ...
From sundials to atomic clocks, our understanding of time has become a lot more accurate as technological developments ...
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 ...
Will the Universe end in a Big Freeze, a Big Rip – or something even stranger? Take a look into the distant future with ...
TIME began in Greenwich, or at least it’s where you’ll find the Meridian Line. Not only does the London borough have an ...
Space is a favourite setting for many Hollywood films, but just how accurate are their portrayals? Patricia Skelton, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, sheds some light on the ...
Herstmonceux Observatory, formerly owned by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said last year its lease from current owner Queen's University Canada had not been extended beyond the end of 2026.
“On the morning of April 25, in the eastern sky just before sunrise you’ll be able to see a thin crescent moon,” Jessica Lee, an astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, told the PA ...
Scotland has a rich history in innovation and technology and the Higgs Centre for Innovation in Edinburgh exemplifies this ...