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The FRAMe Project functional model in comparison to the Fragment A visual and the AMRP X-Ray images. The central large gear-b1 with the four arms is visible. The Fragments of the Mechanism are exhibited in National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece.

Ancient computer may have had its clock set to 23 December 178 BC

7 April 2022

The Antikythera mechanism, often called the world’s first computer could calculate the timing of cosmic events – and now we may know the date it was calibrated to
HD1, object in red, appears at the center of a zoom-in image.

Astronomers have found what may be the most distant galaxy ever seen

7 April 2022

A galaxy called HD1 appears to be about 33.4 billion light years away, making it the most distant object ever seen – and its extreme brightness is puzzling researchers

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