On 30 December, just a day before New Year’s Eve, the Moon will enter into its new moon phase in its cycle. In this phase, ...

The historic tea clipper is one of the most famous sights along the River Thames. But why was Greenwich chosen as Cutty ...

Crew List: Agreements and Official Logs for Ship Two Sisters, Official Number 47889 (Manuscript) 1915 RSS/CL/1915/3363/9 Registrar General Of Shipping And Seamen, Agreements, Crew Lists And Official ...

Join us on Cutty Sark’s 155th birthday to mark not only this milestone anniversary but also the year the shipping forecast reached its centenary, as Charlie Connelly returns to perform ten years on ...

The most advanced and most expensive telescope ever built, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched on Christmas Day 2021. Three years on from the launch, we're joined by Royal Observatory ...

The planet Jupiter's more massive than all the other planets in the Solar System put together. It's a stormy mass of raging gas and metallic hydrogen. The planet Jupiter is the largest planet in the ...

Hear from author Neil Shubin about the polar regions and how they may shape life on Earth far more than we realise Frigid, remote and inhospitable – the polar regions seem far removed from everyday ...

Discover how two astrophotographers who met online combined their expertise to win a prize in Astronomy Photographer of the Year Astrophotography can often be seen as a solitary pursuit, calling to ...

Queer History Club is an informal, community-centred research group meeting monthly at the National Maritime Museum. If you’re interested in joining, come along and find out more. No historical ...

Using ships and boats in the National Maritime Museum as a starting point, this online series of talks opens up conversations about claiming your cultural heritage in a museum. Join us as we take a ...