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Vantablack, one of the darkest substances known
- dsl 8y agoOne of the most common uses [1] for Vantablack is coating satellites so they don't reflect light in to celestial navigation [2] sensors. Of course spy satellites are also covered in the stuff (there is even a variant that is highly effective on visible and infrared light). 1. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-01-13/vantablack-where-is-it-being-used/8175042 https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-01-13/vantablack-wh... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_navigation
- scarpino 8y agoBut its MOST common use is for furthering the hilarious feud between Stuart Semple and Anish Kapoor.
- shdh 8y agoSemple also sells a competing product, although I'm not sure how it compares to Vantablack. http://stuartsemple.com/project/black-v1-0-beta-worlds-mattest-flattest-black-art-material/ http://stuartsemple.com/project/black-v1-0-beta-worlds-matte...
- george_perez 8y agoIt seems like someone listened to the latest 99pi episode. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-secret-lives-of-color/ https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-secret-lives-of-c...