Good . . . Better . . . BEST!
It's going to take all my willpower to not turn this post into a barrage of emo bashing jokes, but I'll try. For science. Ten researchers at NASA have created a paint that is ten times blacker than the previously blackest paint. It's made out of carbon nanotubes on a titanium backing.
The new material will be used to coat the guts of cameras and telescopes in space. Right now, these instruments use NASA's Z306 paint, a pitch black painting that reduces photon contamination by absorbing errant light. According to NASA, this light "has a funny way of ricocheting off instrument components and contaminating measurements." [Gizmodo]
The paint they currently use, Z306, isn't dark enough, as 40% of the data captured by instruments is contaminated by errant light. The new carbon nanotube paint absorbs light awesomely well, soaking up 99.5% of all ricocheting light. Hit the jump for other "improvement simulations" for this amazing paint:
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How could you let this go without the obligatory Spinal Tap joke?
“It’s like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.”
Fuligin! The color that is darker than black.
Odd that titanium dioxide is a widely used white pigment.
I just wanted you to know that I knew that.
…material will be used to coat the guts …
That reminds me, I should go visit your mom tonight.