Study: ultra-black coating could reduce satellite light pollution

Astrophysicists at the University of Surrey have studied how ultra-black coating could reduce satellite light pollution, according to reporting on Hacker News. The research explores whether the world's darkest materials might cut solar reflection off orbiting satellites—an emerging problem as mega-constellations expand.

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