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 ...

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

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

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, ...

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

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