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 ...

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

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.

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

In a groundbreaking achievement, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission has captured unprecedented images of the Sun's ...

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

The European Space Agency's synchronised flight allowed a satellite to cast an 8cm-wide shadow onto its sister craft flying ...