Light streaks caused by passing satellites mar images taken by the world's most expensive telescopes. The problem is set to get worse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

It's been six years since BMW covered a new X6 in Vantablack as a one-off experiment. The crossover was difficult to see as the coating absorbed nearly all the light that hit the bodywork, but it was ...

Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into space next year. If successful, the coating could help mitigate light ...

A new type of super-black, highly resistant satellite paint promises an affordable fix to the satellite light pollution problem that has marred astronomical research since the recent advent of ...

Except the artist Anish Kapoor, that is. If you’ve followed this saga, you already know why. Back in 2016, the world-famous Kapoor licensed the exclusive rights to another paint, the so-called ...

Fans of matte black, murdered-out style take note: There's a new black paint on the scene that makes your car pale in comparison. Called Vantablack, it was engineered to be the blackest black known to ...

Creating the world’s blackest-ever materials seems to have become quite a quest over the past few years. The famous Vantablack material, for example—which can absorb 99.965% of visible light—has ...

The number of satellites in orbit, especially in low-Earth orbit, has massively increased in the last decade. This has brought an increase in brightness across the surface of the Earth, meaning there ...