The Antikythera mechanism is an ancient shoebox-sized device that is sometimes called the world's oldest computer for its ability to perform astronomical calculations. Discovered by sponge divers ...

J.H. Seiradakis and M.G. Edmunds, ‘Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism’ (Nature Astronomy 2, 2018) Liba Taub, Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford ...

Scientists used techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy to argue that the Antikythera mechanism contained a lunar calendar. By Becky Ferreira The Antikythera mechanism, an ...

A hand-powered clock from 2,000 years ago revealed a big secret with new astronomy research. The Antikythera mechanism's calendar ring likely followed the lunar year.

M exican scientists and teachers from the University of Sonora in northwestern Mexico have successfully recreated the Antikythera mechanism, the oldest mechanical computer in humanity. The replica ...

J.H. Seiradakis and M.G. Edmunds, ‘Our current knowledge of the Antikythera Mechanism’ (Nature Astronomy 2, 2018) Liba Taub, Ancient Greek and Roman Science: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford ...

The Antikythera mechanism was similar in size to a mantel clock, ... And James Evans, a historian of astronomy at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, ...

More information: Esteban Guillermo Szigety y Gustavo Francisco Arenas, The Impact of Triangular-Toothed Gears on the Functionality of the Antikythera Mechanism, arXiv (2025). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv ...

Scientists may have finally made a complete digital model for the Cosmos panel of a 2,000-year-old mechanical device called the Antikythera mechanism that's believed to be the world's first computer.

The Antikythera mechanism is over 2,000 years old. Who built this device, and why, and how do we know? What's its purpose, and how does it function? And is it really even a computer at all?

In its November 2023 issue, the Website Grunge assumed that certain science questions “won’t be answered in the next 50 years.” One of those questions was about the Antikythera Mechanism ...