Solar eclipses occur when the moon gets between Earth and the sun. This causes the moon to cast a shadow onto Earth. A solar ...

The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission satellites aligned to cause a solar eclipse that helped record and study the Sun’s outer atmosphere.

Finally, the 3D Energetic Electron Spectrometer (3DEES) will be used to detect electrons in Earth's radiation belts, measuring their direction of origin and energy levels. Scientists are hopeful ...

Mumbai: Suspended across a dazzling canvas of cosmic colours, an astronaut drifts alone in space, tethered to a fragile lifeline. On another canvas, a pink lotus is surrounded by chemical formulae and ...

The sun’s corona (or outer atmosphere) has proved a difficult subject for solar scientists on Earth to study, appearing only in a total solar eclipse. This phenomenon, occurring once in around 18 ...

On June 16, the European Space Agency ’s Proba-3 mission revealed something truly spectacular: its very first images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, known as the solar corona. Using two synchronized ...

Two European satellites took photographs of a recent experiment, taken while facing the sun, where they mimicked the circumstances that cause a total solar eclipse. Launched last year, the Proba-3 ...

What The Author Thinks Creating an artificial solar eclipse in space is a remarkable technological feat that opens new frontiers for solar science. By allowing continuous, controlled observation of ...

Total solar eclipses – when the Sun, Moon and Earth are perfectly aligned – are rare. While they occur roughly every 18 months somewhere on Earth, they grace the same spot only once every 360 ...

First artificial solar eclipse captured in orbit By Talker News Jun 17, 2025 Updated Jun 17, 2025 (ESA/NASA/Proba-2/Proba-3 et al. via SWNS) ...

The front satellite, acting as an occulting disc, blocks the Sun’s bright surface, allowing the trailing satellite’s coronagraph instrument to capture detailed images of the Sun’s outer atmosphere, ...

That will be a scientific bonanza since full solar eclipses produce just a few minutes of totality when the moon lines up perfectly between Earth and the sun — on average just once every 18 months.