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

On June 16, 2025, theEuropean Space Agency (ESA) unveiled groundbreaking images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the solar ...

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

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.

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 ...

Twin satellites fly 150 meters apart with millimeter precision, allowing detailed observation of the Sun's corona during long ...

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

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

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 ...

The spacecraft on the Sun-side is the Occulter, designed to block the solar disk for the Earth-side craft: the Coronagraph.

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