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Vantablack Could Make Satellites Nearly Invisible From Earth, Study Finds

Researchers say coating satellites in ultra-black material could sharply reduce the bright streaks that interfere with telescope images.

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There is an arms race going on. Research teams around the world are trying to create the blackest black possible. I recently wrote about a Chinese research group developing an ultra-black paint that absorbs 99.9 percent of light, seemingly to challenge the reigning champion of black nanomaterial, Vantablack.

You might reasonably ask what these hyper-black pigments are actually good for, besides painting a fake tunnel on a mountainside so Wile E. Coyote can finally catch the Road Runner. According........

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