A pair of physicists at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, in Argentina, have created a computer simulation of the famed ...

The Antikythera mechanism continues to stupefy researchers who have yet to determine how it detected the movement of the ...

Researchers simulated the device's ancient gear system to find out whether the contraption actually worked. Apparently, it did not.

It wasn’t until 2006 that the Antikythera mechanism captured broader attention ... Jupiter and Saturn. A rotating black and silver ball showed the phase of the Moon. Inscriptions explained ...

The mysterious Antikythera Mechanism is 2,000 years old and has long puzzled scientists. New research into its triangle-shaped teeth may finally reveal its intended purpose.

After in depth research on the remnants of the eclipse predictor as retained by the Antikythera mechanism, scientists came to the conclusions that the mechanism took calculations that determined ...