Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to ...

Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into ...

Vantablack 310 is one of the darkest paints ever, and it could be the key to eliminating light pollution caused by satellites ...

Surrey NanoSystems, Vantablack's creator, announced that it's tackling the reflectivity of satellites that threatens ...

As private companies launch vast networks of satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO), the astronomical community faces an ...

There are more than 8,000 satellites in low Earth orbit, out of the 13,648 objects (at the time of writing) catalogued by the ...

When Vantablack 310 is applied to a surface, it reflects only 2% of incoming light, meaning it absorbs the remaining 98%.

Vantablack is a special coating material, moreso than a paint. It’s well-known as one of the blackest possible coatings around, capable of absorbing almost all visible light in its nanotube c… ...

BMW will show a 2020 X6 at the Frankfurt auto show in September that has been painted in the blackest paint we've ever seen.; Called Vantablack, the paint is normally used for coating space-borne ...

Paint reflects light, ... “Vantablack” Made by Surrey Nanosystems . Vantablack made the rounds on car blogs back in 2019 when it was applied to a BMW X6 with bizarre results.

The paint, called Vantablack 310, could reduce the amount of light reflected by satellites in orbit down to just 2% of what is reflected by uncoated satellites, virtually erasing the pesky streaks ...