Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Not because they will experience totality but because the sight of a delicate ring of light around the moon will be ...

When and where it will happen.

A pair of spacecraft just launched to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses in orbit. The European Space Agency mission, called Proba-3, will allow scientists “to see an eclipse on demand,” as one satellite blocks the other’s view of the sun ...

Wausau Pilot & Review The night sky this week rewards patience, darkness and careful timing. A rare stretch of moonless evenings brings one of the

However, visibility of this solar eclipse will be limited to specific regions. An annular solar eclipse happens when the Moon is slightly farther from Earth in its orbit. Because of this greater distance,

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 scientists a rare opportunity to observe the Sun’s ...

The European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission utilizes two spacecraft to create an artificial solar eclipse, enabling observation of the Sun's corona, which is typically obscured by the Sun's brightness. Proba-3's two spacecraft maintain a precise 150-meter ...