ESA’s Proba-3 mission has achieved a spacefaring marvel: two satellites flying in perfect formation to mimic total solar ...

On June 16, 2025, theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) unveiled groundbreaking images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the solar ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on ...

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, ...

The European Space Agency revealed that a mission to create an artificial eclipse was a success. The photos will allow ...

Two satellites’ highly precise alignment allows scientists to study the sun’s outer atmosphere like never before ...

Two satellites just carefully lined up to form a perfect "artificial total solar eclipse" in orbit. Earlier this year, the ...

More specifically, with the Moon blotting out the main disk of the Sun, we can see details and features in the solar ...

In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.

Two satellites have delicately pulled off an artificial solar eclipse, giving scientists a new look at the Sun's outer ...