The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, ...

Today, the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission unveils its first images of the sun's outer atmosphere—the solar corona.

Proba-3 achieved what no other mission has before – its two spacecraft, the Coronagraph and the Occulter, flew 150 metres ...

In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar ...

In a precision flying formation, the European Space Agency (ESA) mission revealed new insights into the sun's mysterious ...

The European Space Agency revealed that a mission to create an artificial eclipse was a success. The photos will allow ...

The Proba-3 mission, consisting of two spacecraft that fly in close formation to study the sun, has returned images of the first ever artificial solar eclipse ...

UPDATE: Proba-3 launched successfully Thursday morning at 5:34 A.M. EST (10:34 GMT). You can watch a replay of the launch here. In a fabulous feat of formation flying, the European Space Agency ...

It is considered a breakthrough development in solar physics, according to scientists and the European Space Agency, which oversaw the Proba-3 mission and its launch last Thursday in India.

“With Proba-3, we will be able to see CMEs at their birth, how they are occurring and the first steps of their acceleration and development. This will help us to understand better the physics”.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 is gearing up for launch on Wednesday at 5:38 a.m. ET. The double-satellite mission will liftoff from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota ...