Two satellites’ highly precise alignment allows scientists to study the sun’s outer atmosphere like never before ...

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

The European Space Agency (ESA) has achieved a rather unusual feat, successfully creating and maintaining artificial solar ...

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

Two "driverless" spacecraft have flown in perfect formation to create a small artificial solar eclipse and "achieve what no ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.

"We almost couldn’t believe our eyes,” one of the researchers said. “This was the first try, and it worked. It was so ...

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