A Solar Eclipse or a Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, Moon, and the lunar nodes align. This phenomenon takes place ...

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

The European Space Agency revealed that a mission to create an artificial eclipse was a success. The photos will allow ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission has achieved a spacefaring marvel: two satellites flying in perfect formation to mimic total solar ...

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

What does an artificial eclipse look like? One space agency's satellites recently accomplished this task as part of a mission ...

Two satellites just carefully lined up to form a perfect "artificial total solar eclipse" in orbit. Earlier this year, the ...

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

The satellites fly 492 feet (150 meters) apart. One satellite blocks the sun, mimicking the moon's role in a natural solar ...

The European Space Agency have shared their findings after using two satellites to create a man-made eclipse in space.

The European Space Agency has spearheaded a £154 million effort to understand the Sun's corona, which could provide ...