Zoom in / Mechanism fragment from Antikythera, circa 205 BC, in the collection of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Image The inspiration for the titular device in…
Special techniques used to study waves in the universe may have helped researchers solve an ancient mystery.Statistical modeling methods that were developed to study gravitational waves have been used to…
The Antikythera Mechanism - an ancient shoebox-sized device used to track the movements of the sun, moon and planets - followed the Greek lunar calendar, not the solar one used…
Antikythera mechanism. Credit: National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece Techniques developed to analyze the waves in space-time detected by one of the most sensitive pieces of scientific equipment of the 21st…