Blog post
Night Sky Highlights - February 2025
Discover what to see in February's night sky including a planetary parade, shining Saturn and Venus, and a host of deep sky objects in Orion
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Night Sky Highlights - March 2025
Find out how to make the most of two eclipses this month, spot the dazzling Pleiades star cluster, and more.
Event
Charles I & Henrietta Maria: 400th wedding anniversary
King Charles I and Queen Consort Henrietta Maria invite you to celebrate their landmark wedding anniversary with a programme of activities at the Queen's House
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Members' Lecture: Call Me Ishmaelle
Join author Xiaolu Guo as she reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective, Call Me Ishmaelle.
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Flamsteed Lecture: 350 years of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich
Join Dr Louise Devoy, Senior Curator, as we celebrate three and a half centuries of perseverance, ingenuity and public duty at Royal Observatory Greenwich
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Members' Tour: Ocean Map
Join Tim May, Curator of Maps and Mobilities, to learn how the new Ocean Map was developed and about the deeper history of ocean-centric cartography
Story topic
Where did King Henry VIII live and die?
Discover how a jousting accident at Greenwich precipitated King Henry VIII's later obesity and death.
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Facts about Henry VIII
Henry VIII (1491-1547) is one of the most written about kings in English history. He established the Church of England and the Royal Navy
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Queen Elizabeth I facts and myths
Did Elizabeth I have red hair? Was she really a virgin? Sift the facts from the fiction surrounding Elizabeth I
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Why did we stop going to the Moon?
In July 1969 humans landed on the Moon for the first time, as part of the Apollo 11 mission. But why haven't we been back since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972?