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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

TIME began in Greenwich, or at least it’s where you’ll find the Meridian Line. Not only does the London borough have an ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...