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

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 ...

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

The number of satellites in orbit, especially in low-Earth orbit, has massively increased in the last decade. This has ...

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

We’re exactly halfway through the decade. Let’s take stock of the most important timepieces of the past five years—from big ...

Surrey NanoSystems' Vantablack 310 absorbs 98% of light, helping telescopes & satellites reduce light pollution for deeper space exploration.

But a new paint being developed in conjunction with astronomers might help. The paint, called Vantablack 310, could reduce the amount of light reflected by satellites in orbit down to just 2% of ...

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