Science journalist David Baron is an umbraphile, an eclipse chaser. He says a solar eclipse is the ultimate experience of awe ...

The Proba-3 mission consists of two spacecraft that will fly in close formation to study the sun, with the shadow of one ...

The Perseverance rover spotted a quick glimpse of a cosmic “googly eye” on Mars during a recent solar eclipse. As Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons, passed in front of the sun, it cast a lumpy ...

Perseverance's recent photo series of Phobos isn't the first time the rover has imaged a solar eclipse; it also photographed the oblong moon transiting the sun in April 2022 and February 2024.