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The total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, 2026, will offer some fabulous travel options. Here are some adventures to consider.
The path of totality will carve an arc of darkness across the surface of our planet – at the height of the August tourist ...
And soon, a group of scientists can say they have. A UK-led space mission will see astronomers blot out the Sun by using a ...
Recreating artificial solar eclipses in space could help astronomers decipher the inner workings of our sun much quicker than ...
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.
Sydneysiders, mark your calendars: this will be the last total solar eclipse over the city for another 800 years. No pressure ...
The Sun’s outer atmosphere—the corona—only reveals itself during total solar eclipses, which happen about every 18 months on Earth, and are only visible along a narrow path. These events offer ...
A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses through precise and fancy formation flying.
The first images of an artificial solar eclipse from ESA's Proba-3 mission have been unveiled. Total solar eclipses are rare, but exactly how rare is now up for debate after the European Space Agency ...
Two European satellites have successfully manufactured artificial solar eclipses by maintaining a precise formation in space. This innovative technique offers scientists extended periods of totality ...
Using an engineering feat never before accomplished scientists have created artificial solar eclipses, so that they can view ...