The Royal Observatory is Home of GMT and the Prime Meridian of the World: To most of us, "What time is it?" is a rather mundane question. Sometimes it can be an annoying question, especially when it's being asked by those who can't be bothered to look up the time themselves. But, to the men and women whom, over the centuries since 1675, have worked at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, the time is of huge importance. Evolving from an era when, in 1386 at the Salisbury Cathedral, the … [Read more...]