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Two European satellites mimic a total solar eclipse as scientists aim to study its corona.

The satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipse by flying in precise formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists.

Dubbed Proba-3, the €181 million mission has generated 10 successful solar eclipses so far.

ESA released the eclipse pictures at the Paris Air Show on Monday.

mediafaro.org/article/20250616

This image provided by the European Space Agency depicts the two spacecraft of the Proba-3 mission aligning to create an eclipse to capture a coronagraph in space. | Copyright AP Photo
Euronews · Two European satellites mimic a total solar eclipse as scientists aim to study its corona.By Gavin Blackburn
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Die ESA-Mission Proba-3 liefert erste künstliche Sonnenfinsternisse. Zwei Raumfahrzeuge fliegen 150 m auseinander, um die Sonnenscheibe zu verdecken und die Korona zu beobachten. Bilder zeigen ionisiertes Eisen, Helium und Protuberanzen. Alle 19,6 Stunden wird ein 6-stündiger „Kunst-Ksouf“ erzeugt – ein Durchbruch für die Sonnenforschung! #Proba3 #Sonnenfinsternis #ESA

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Talk about unfortunate timing ... Andrei Zhukov wanted to discuss the first #corona images from #Proba3 at the Belgian #SolarEclipse Conference - but the spacecrafts' commissioning took a bit longer than expected so the images are still embargoed. And will be released next Monday at around 14:30 UTC at Le Bourget - see esa.int/Newsroom/Press_Release for details - and online. 3/n