Who really invented the telescope?

This month marks the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, a cornerstone of modern astronomical science. Founded in 1675, this grand institution is known as the home of Greenwich Mean

Answer: the first digital camera – John Wade explains how it all began

Some of today’s technology goes back much further than you’d imagine

The first Astronomer Royal plotted out the constellations and mapped the heavens

How the world’s clocks and geographic coordinates came to be set by a small borough of London

This groundbreaking astronomer helped us discover our place in the universe