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Netflix will stream NASA rocket launches, spacewalks and ISS footage as part of a new live content deal launching later this ...
NASA's new "CODEX" telescope has snapped its first photos of the sun's outer atmosphere, revealing previously imperceptible ...
The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, falls on June 20 this year in North America, and ...
Two European satellites took photographs of a recent experiment, taken while facing the sun, where they mimicked the circumstances that cause a total solar eclipse. Launched last year, the Proba-3 ...
Two satellites’ highly precise alignment allows scientists to study the sun’s outer atmosphere like never before ...
A study published in Nature Astronomy suggests that there is a 50-50 chance of the Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy ...
First artificial solar eclipse captured in orbit By Talker News Jun 17, 2025 Updated Jun 17, 2025 (ESA/NASA/Proba-2/Proba-3 et al. via SWNS) ...
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 ...
How 2 satellites are mimicking total solar eclipses in space By By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar ...
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 ...
Zhukov anticipates an average of two solar eclipses per week being produced for a total of nearly 200 during the two-year mission, yielding more than 1,000 hours of totality.