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.

The Earth and moon are within view of NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft. The Earth is over 260,000 miles away (418,000 km) in this view. Credit: NASA | time-lapsed by Space.com's Steve Spaleta Music: ...

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of the Sculptor Galaxy, revealing hundreds of previously unseen celestial ...

A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy ...

The European Space Agency have shared their findings after using two satellites to create a man-made eclipse in space.

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

"We almost couldn’t believe our eyes,” one of the researchers said. “This was the first try, and it worked. It was so ...

Solar Orbiter captures first-ever images of the Sun’s poles, offering insights into solar magnetism, atmospheric motion, and ...

ESA's Solar Orbiter deep-space probe has made history, returning the first-ever images of the Sun's south pole. It's a world first that sheds a great deal of light on the mysteries of our parent star, ...

For the first time, scientists have imaged the elusive south pole of the sun. The images captured by the Solar Orbiter ...

New images that are the highest resolution ever taken of the surface of the sun and its corona are revealing details that have never been seen before. These stunning pictures will help scientists ...

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