Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar ...

NASA explains how a safely view a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse. WARNING: People should always use protective solar ...

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

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

The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual feat, successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission has captured unprecedented images of the Sun's corona using an artificial solar eclipse created by two satellites ...

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

Two satellites just carefully lined up to form a perfect "artificial total solar eclipse" in orbit. The results are stunning.

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When creating the artificial solar eclipse, the satellites aligned in formation based on the position of the Sun. Then, Occulter’s 1.4-metre large disc would be used to block the sun’s disc. This ...