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.

On a clear night, the moon you gaze upon looks the same as it looked for the first humans that walked Earth—the same ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission uses twin satellites to create artificial solar eclipses in space, capturing detailed images of the Sun ...

When they do, we have a lunar eclipse as Earth's shadow crosses the moon's face. Waning gibbous : More than half of the ...

A Solar Eclipse or a Lunar Eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth, Moon, and the lunar nodes align. This phenomenon takes place twice a year during eclipse season. This video is available in over 20 ...

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 ...