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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·11 days agoThe only time something doesn’t reflect light is if it’s painted in that special black that’s even darker than vanta black, because that’s what makes it so black; it absorbs all light instead of reflecting any.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·11 days agoAnd even that reflects a teeny tiny bit of light.
minus-squareBigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 days agoA coating, which is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Absorbs 99.995% of visible light. Vanta: A mere 99.96%.
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 days agoBlack holes don’t reflect any light at all as far as I know. They do emit some light via hawking radiation, but that’s not really reflecting.
The only time something doesn’t reflect light is if it’s painted in that special black that’s even darker than vanta black, because that’s what makes it so black; it absorbs all light instead of reflecting any.
And even that reflects a teeny tiny bit of light.
A coating, which is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Absorbs 99.995% of visible light. Vanta: A mere 99.96%.
Black holes don’t reflect any light at all as far as I know. They do emit some light via hawking radiation, but that’s not really reflecting.