ESA’s Proba 3 is Unlocking Secrets of the Solar Wind

ESA’s Proba 3 is Unlocking Secrets of the Solar Wind
By David Dickinson (https://ift.tt/sebQz5j)

It has been a dream of astronomers and solar scientists for ages. A new mission gives solar researchers a powerful new tool in their arsenal: on-demand, total solar eclipses. Launched in 2024, The European Space Agency’s Proba-3 mission has proven the feasibility of a free-flying, space-based coronagraph. Now, first science results from the mission are giving us a view of the origin of space weather. The results were recently published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.

April 29, 2026 at 11:23PM
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