This solar eclipse was created by 2 satellites flying in formation, allowing astronomers to photograph the Sun’s corona.

In a groundbreaking mission led by the European Space Agency (ESA), two spacecraft have flown in an incredibly precise formation to imitate a solar eclipse. This innovative approach not only provides ...

During a solar eclipse, astronomers who study heliophysics are able to study the sun's corona—its outer atmosphere—in ways they are unable to do at any other time.

Artificial solar eclipse produced by NASA's Apollo spacecraft in 1975, observed from a Russian Soyuz spacecraft during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. | Credit: NASA ...

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.Related video above ...

Deep tech Artificial solar eclipse engineered in Europe offers new look at Sun The Proba-3 mission could has revealed its first glimpses of the Sun's corona June 16, 2025 - 2:30 pm ...

In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar eclipse in space, capturing the clearest images of the Sun’s elusive ...

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.Related video above ...

Flying 492 feet (150 meters) apart, one satellite blocks the sun like the moon does during a natural total solar eclipse as the other aims its telescope at the corona, the sun's outer atmosphere ...

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 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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.