This year marks 350 years since The Royal Observatory in Greenwich was founded. Take a look at five astronomically great ...

Families looking for a fun and educational half-term activity can visit the Greenwich Planetarium throughout the school holidays.

Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting on and off for nearly two months since it burst to life on Dec. 23. The eruption has been taking place at the the volcano's summit ...

The Critics Choice Awards are at 7 p.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 7. The ceremony is three hours long and held at The Barker Hanger ...

The impact on the oceans if the Moon disappeared would be much smaller tides, about one-third the size of what they are now. Tides churn up material in the oceans, which allows coastal ecosystems to ...

The Northern Lights are expected to glow over the night sky in parts of the UK over the next few nights, including this ...

Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. 1355: The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, leaving ...

1783 – Sweden recognized the independence of the United States. 1846 – “The Oregon Spectator”, based in Oregon City, became ...

We asked an astronomer what you can see from London in the night sky this month – and one of them is incredibly rare.

The two friends had hiked New Hampshire's challenging Mount Washington trail a month ago. They returned and did it again ...

Although Rabbi Jacobs’ article alludes to numerous other examples of scientific knowledge, let me conclude by examining a broader area which might be termed practical or applied astronomy.