On 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the surface of the earth. At sunrise it will be visible in the far ...

Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar eclipse can only take place at the phase of new moon, but different factors ...

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

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 ...

Total solar eclipse as viewed from Earth in 2023. Miloslav Druckmuller, Shadia Habbal, Pavel Starha The study of the solar ...

As for the longest-ever solar eclipse, that’s coming some time in the future, and thanks to the boffins in NASA HQ, they’ve been able to work out when it is. Unfortunately, I think only Walt Disney ...

NASA have revealed images that show the surface of the Sun in the closest attempt to get near it after its record-breaking ...

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.

Higher solar activity brings more radiation, which can damage satellite electronics and force some satellites to deorbit ...