By historical definition, Solar Cycle 1 occurred between 1755 and 1766, placing the sun 's current cycle in Solar Cycle 25. As of the end of 2024, we are firmly within the solar maximum period.
The European Space ... solar eclipses like the one that crossed North America in April are not just stunning events – they are one crucial way to study the solar corona. Traditionally, spacecraft or ...
The European Space Agency launches Proba-3 to create an artificial solar eclipse and study the sun’s atmosphere, the corona. On December 5, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota ...
The European Space Agency is about to have ... a little disk in the middle that blocks the solar disk. The drawback of this method is that at the edge of the coronagraph you get a bright rim ...