"ESA's Proba-3 Mission: Creating On-Demand Solar Eclipses for Sun Study"

The European Space Agency plans to create artificial solar eclipses using two spacecraft to study the Sun's corona, aiming to understand its role in solar weather and measure the Sun's energy output for climate modeling. The mission, named Proba-3, involves precise formation flying of two spacecraft equipped with an occulter and a coronagraph to block out the Sun's bright disk and observe the corona. This innovative approach aims to overcome limitations of existing coronagraphs and could provide valuable insights into solar phenomena.