Two satellites will fly in precision formation, producing hours–long solar eclipses to reveal the secrets of the Sun's ...

On Dec. 5, 2024 the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission sent two spacecraft into orbit around Earth. By aligning the ...

Composite images reveal how the sun's corona changed from one total solar eclipse to another in 2023 and 2024, just as solar ...

ESA has launched three other Proba missions thus far, with one currently observing the Sun. Proba-2 launched in 2009, and was ...

The European Space Agency launches Proba-3 to create an artificial solar eclipse and study the sun’s atmosphere, the corona. On December 5, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota ...

Eclipses are one of the most fascinating phenomena to witness. In 2024, we experienced a total solar eclipse, and in 2025, we ...

The Proba-3 mission aims to give scientists a better view of the Sun's corona, typically outshined by the Sun itself.

What can solar eclipses teach us about the Sun and how it interacts with the Earth’s atmosphere? This is what a recent press briefing conducted at the American Geophysical Union 2024 Fall Meeting ...

Preliminary results from this host of solar eclipse science experiments ... The spacecraft will make its closest approach to the sun yet on December 24, when it flies within 6.1 million kilometers ...