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 historic Royal Observatory was founded in 1675 by King Charles II of England, with the goal of improving navigation at sea and reducing shipwrecks by mapping the locations of stars. The ...

The Royal Observatory in Greenwich is to become a working observatory again, six decades after light and air pollution forced astronomers out of the capital. After hosting stargazers for nearly three ...

"We’re made of bits of dead stars." London -- After a 60-year hiatus, astronomers at the Royal Observatory Greenwich in London are studying the sky again. The observatory, which is home to the Prime ...

LONDON — On a blustery afternoon, a multinational clot of tourists waited for a turn to straddle some of the most ephemeral notions — time and space. They’d come to the Royal Observatory, perched on a ...

The famed Royal Observatory in Greenwich, United Kingdom, is reopening more than 60 years after London’s smog forced its closure in 1957. By the 1940s and 1950s, London’s industrialization—which ...

In anticipation of the upcoming equinox at Saturn, the imaging science team on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is releasing today a series of images and movies capturing scenes possible only once every 15 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Happily telling stories about travel and discovery around the world. Everyone knows the name Greenwich. “Gren-itch,” not ...

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich in London is to become a working astronomy centre again, after more than 60 years. A new suite of telescopes has been installed in the refurbished Altazimuth ...