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minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·4 months 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-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 months 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.
minus-squareBigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoA coating, which is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Absorbs 99.995% of visible light. Vanta: A mere 99.96%.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·4 months agoAnd even that reflects a teeny tiny bit of light.
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.
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.
A coating, which is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Absorbs 99.995% of visible light. Vanta: A mere 99.96%.
And even that reflects a teeny tiny bit of light.