Vantablack: The Darkest Material Ever Made

Today we’re talking about the blackest material ever created!

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Sources:
http://blackholes.stardate.org/resources/faqs/faq.php?p=black-holes-close-to-earth
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/blackest-is-the-new-black-scientists-have-developed-a-material-so-dark-that-you-cant-see-it-9602504.html
https://www.surreynanosystems.com/vantablack/faqs

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http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2016/feb/29/anish-kapoor-vantablack-paint
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https://www.surreynanosystems.com/vantablack/applying-vantablack
https://www.surreynanosystems.com/about
http://www.cnet.com/news/nasas-own-super-black-coating-ventures-into-space/

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https://www.surreynanosystems.com/media/images-videos
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vantablack_02.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PICT0111.JPG
http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/img_3332.jpg