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 Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

Today, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the sun's outer atmosphere—the solar corona.

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

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

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

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 ...

In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar ...

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

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

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared the first images snapped by the Proba-3 mission meant to observe the Sun's corona.