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

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

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

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

We didn’t know what exactly to expect from these first observations — the Sun’s poles are literally terra incognita,” said ...

Our Sun was formed around 4.6 billion years ago from a giant cloud called a stellar nebula, mainly made up of hydrogen gas and dust. The nebula collapsed under its own gravity and, as it did ...

The Solar System was formed around 4.6 billion years ago from a giant cloud called a nebula, mainly made up of hydrogen gas and dust. The nebula collapsed under its own gravity and, as it did ...

The discovery of a planet that is far too massive for its sun is calling into question what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their solar systems. The discovery of a ...