The sun's inner corona, the hottest part of our star's atmosphere, appears faint yellow in a time-lapse made from images ...

In observations collected on September 21, 2025, the spacecraft snapped not one but multiple eruptions in the solar corona. Matching Proba-3 observations with NASA’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) ...

Launched in late 2024 from India, the dual-satellite formation-flying technology creates artificial solar eclipses in orbit, ...

A new time-lapse reveals the Sun’s inner corona glowing a faint yellow, offering a rare look at the hottest layer of our star’s atmosphere. The footage was created using images from the ASPIICS ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission enables long-duration artificial solar eclipses in space, allowing continuous observation of the Sun’s ...

ESA’s Proba-3 mission has delivered a breathtaking new perspective on the Sun’s inner corona, capturing rare solar prominence ...

Solar prominences occur when the sun’s plasma, flowing along the magnetic field lines that the sun creates, forms a loop into space along the edge of the sun’s disk. When a prominence becomes ...

Proba-3 took an image of the Sun's inner corona every five minutes during an active period in September last year.

The project has recently been submitted to the European Space Agency for consideration as a future mission. The current ...

F or all of its life-sustaining energy, the sun is pretty chaotic. Roiling plasma covers its surface along with fluidic snarls of magnetic fields that birth solar flares. These fiery outbursts occur ...

A rare discovery beyond Neptune is forcing scientists to rethink early solar system dynamics and the forces that shaped ...

With major eclipses, brilliant supermoons, and lineups of five or more planets, 2026 offers something awe-inspiring in every season. Here’s what to watch for. Solar prominences and their associated ...