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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

On Thursday night, June 19, most of Michigan is within the line of sight, so if the weather permits, it might be worth ...

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

NASA captured an image of the sun emitting a powerful solar flare that could interfere with technology on Earth.