The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will offer some fabulous travel options. Here are some adventures to consider.

A timelapse of the 2023 annular solar eclipse as seen from outside Great Basin National Park in Ely Nevada. Captured with a ...

Sydneysiders, mark your calendars: this will be the last total solar eclipse over the city for another 800 years. No pressure ...

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

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In a revolutionary move that is bound to “transform solar observing”, the European Space Agency 's (ESA) Proba-3 has already imaged the first artificial solar eclipse in space after two of the ...

Credit: ESA-P. Carril ESA’s Proba-3 mission has achieved a spacefaring marvel: two satellites flying in perfect formation to mimic total solar eclipses on demand. Their first artificial eclipse ...

The biggest difference, Zhukov adds, "is that we can create our eclipse once every 19.6-hour orbit, while total solar eclipses only occur naturally around once, very rarely twice a year.

Incredible images show the first artificial solar eclipse in orbit. The European Space Agency's (ESA) Proba-3 mission involves two satellites flying in precise formation, with one spacecraft ...

The sun's outer atmosphere, known as the corona, appears in an artificial solar eclipse on May 23, 2025. It is artificially colored to appear purple in this image.

This technique mimics a total solar eclipse, which on Earth lasts only a few minutes, but in space can be sustained for hours. ESA said Monday, June 16: "This March, Proba-3 achieved what no other ...

Dubbed Proba-3, the $210 million mission has generated 10 successful solar eclipses so far during the ongoing checkout phase. The longest eclipse lasted five hours, said the Royal Observatory of ...