antikythera mechanism, lunar eclipse, outer space, solar eclipse, total solar eclipse

Humans Have Been Predicting Eclipses for Thousands of Years

The coastal town of Exmouth in Western Australia experienced one of the most spectacular astronomical phenomena on April 20, 2023 — a total solar eclipse. Eclipses have entranced us for millennia. But it turns out that calculating exactly when and where we can watch an eclipse in its full glory can be surprisingly hard. Watching ...

Troy Oakes

The Antikythera mechanism on display.