June 22 marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, the home of the historic Prime Meridian that is considered by many to be the birthplace of modern astronomy. To celebrate, we're ...

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, London, ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich commemorated its 350th anniversary, having been established in 1675 by King Charles II. Its initial mandate focused on resolving the longitude problem, a significant ...

Sperrgebiet by Vikas Chander. Image credit: Vikas Chander/Royal Greenwich Observatory. The nominees are in! A sampling of the 140 photos shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year ...

Greenwich's Royal Observatory is improving access to its buildings and creating new educational and events spaces in a £77m project. A lift tower will be built to the Great Equatorial Telescope, which ...

THE Royal Observatory was founded in the reign of King Charles II. to assist in the solution of the important and difficult question of determining longitude at sea. The use of the method afterwards ...

The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the winners of its annual Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition for 2020. All of the winning images of the cosmos have ...