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

Today, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the sun's outer atmosphere—the solar corona. The mission's two satellites, able to fly as a single spacecraft ...

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.

Incredible images show the first artificial solar eclipse in orbit. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission involves two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft ...

A European space agency created the first "artificial total solar eclipse" using a pair of satellites on Monday.

Dr. Baresi said, “When the Sun is near the orbital plane of the Moon, we can experience total eclipses as long as 48 minutes, ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists.

Stunning new images have captured the first ever artificial solar eclipse created by a European Space Agency mission ...

ESA's Proba-3 mission uses satellites to create artificial solar eclipses, offering unprecedented observation time of the Sun's corona.

Artificial solar eclipse created by 'driverless' spacecraft in world first The European Space Agency's synchronised flight allowed a satellite to cast an 8cm-wide shadow onto its sister craft ...

Incredible images show the first artificial solar eclipse in orbit. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission involves two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft ...