In an innovative mission, two spacecraft fly in precision formation to block the sun, giving scientists a particular view for ...

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

The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will offer some fabulous travel options. Here are some adventures to consider.

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 has found a way to make its own solar eclipses more or less on demand and all it took was a pair of robotic spacecraft ...

ESA twin satellites create artificial eclipses to observe the sun corona The sun’s corona was clearly visible without special ...

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

Two European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun ...

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

Flying 492 feet apart, one satellite blocks the sun like the moon does during a natural total solar eclipse as the other aims its telescope at the corona.

NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission uses twin satellites to create artificial solar eclipses in space, capturing detailed images of the Sun’s corona.