The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission satellites aligned to cause a solar eclipse that helped record and study the ...

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 ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared the first images snapped by the Proba-3 mission meant to observe the Sun's corona.

What does an artificial eclipse look like? One space agency's satellites recently accomplished this task as part of a mission ...

A European space agency created the first "artificial total solar eclipse" using a pair of satellites on Monday.

The spacecraft on the Sun-side is the Occulter, designed to block the solar disk for the Earth-side craft: the Coronagraph.

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

The sun, moon and Earth will align in 2026 to create a total solar eclipse, but you'll need to travel if you want to see the awe-inspiring celestial show.

As per an ESA report, the mission uses a pair of satellites: one acts as an artificial moon blocking the sun, while the other captures images using a telescope called ASPIICS. This setup acts like a ...

It was captured by two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft positioned 150 meters ahead of the other.

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