Two European satellites were successfully launched into orbit on Thursday, marking the beginning of a pioneering and ambitious project to create artificial solar eclipses in space. The launch of ...

A pair of spacecraft have been launched on a mission to help scientists get a better understanding of the sun by creating artificial solar eclipses. Proba-3, which includes two satellites ...

(AP) — A pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. Each fake eclipse should last ...

A pair of European satellites launched into orbit from India on Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through precise formation flying in space. Each fake eclipse ...

Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Each fake eclipse ... on the other satellite. This disk will mimic the moon in a natural total solar eclipse, with the ...

“Coronagraphs can make observations of the corona similar to an eclipse, but if you just take a telescope or coronagraph it produces a lot of stray light.” The paired Proba-3 satellites will ...