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Behold! 1st images of artificial solar eclipse captured by ESA's Proba-3 mission
The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, ...
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First artificial eclipse in orbit delivers unprecedented glimpse of Sun’s corona
In a dazzling first, two European spacecraft —flying in millimeter-perfect formation — have created an artificial solar eclipse in space, capturing the clearest images of the Sun’s elusive corona yet.
Images reveal incredible findings of scientists' £154,000,000 effort to create man-made eclipse
The European Space Agency have shared their findings after using two satellites to create a man-made eclipse in space.
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Solar Eclipses On Command? That's Now A Reality
The spacecraft on the Sun-side is the Occulter, designed to block the solar disk for the Earth-side craft: the Coronagraph.