T wo European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun ...

Two European satellites created an "artificial total solar eclipse" in space, the European Space Agency announced June 16, delivering data that will improve scientists' understanding of the sun ...

The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, but exactly how rare is now up for debate after the European Space Agency ...

The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on Earth, and are only visible along a narrow path. These events offer ...

Using an engineering feat never before accomplished scientists have created artificial solar eclipses, so that they can view ...

Two spacecraft flew 150 metres apart while perfectly aligned for several hours, enabling them to create the total solar eclipses in orbit.

June 17 (UPI) --A European space agency created the first "artificial total solar eclipse" using a pair of satellites on Monday.The space agency Proba-3 showed the first images of the Sun's outer ...

Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...

And soon, a group of scientists can say they have. A UK-led space mission will see astronomers blot out the Sun by using a ...

The satellites fly 492 feet (150 meters) apart. One satellite blocks the sun, mimicking the moon's role in a natural solar eclipse. The other satellite then focuses its telescope on the corona, the ...