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

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

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

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

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

A satellite duo orbiting our planet has just captured the very first images of an artificial solar eclipse from space, ...

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