The Proba-3 mission, consisting of two spacecraft that fly in close formation to study the sun, has returned images of the ...

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

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 first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, ...

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

Two spacecraft flew 150 metres apart while perfectly aligned for several hours, enabling them to create the total solar ...

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

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

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

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

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