World's blackest material optimises sensitivity of satellite star trackers

The S-VIS version of Surrey NanoSystems’ Vantablack spray coating has been used to enhance the optical sensitivity of the optical instrumentation on board the Kent Ridge 1 low earth orbit (LEO) satellite.

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The World's Darkest Material And A Self-Heating Coat

Sky News Vantablack video featuring Vantablack and Vantablack S-VIS, and shot in our Newhaven facility.

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The world's blackest material makes NASA's ultra-black paint look like it’s not even black

The paint used on the Hubble telescope is one of the blackest materials in space. It's there to reduce stray light so the instrument can photograph the best possible images of our solar system and beyond.

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Vantablack : So dunkel wie ein schwarzes Loch

Das einzige Objekt das tatsächlich diesem Anspruch gerecht wird, ist ein schwarzes Loch, welches jedwedes Licht einfach verschluckt.

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6 Facts about Vantablack - The darkest material ever made

In the Antenna wing of the Science Museum in London, a bronze bust of a man sits behind a wall of glass. The face, which belongs to BBC presenter Marty Jopson, isn’t very big—maybe 6 or 7 inches tall. It’s highly textured, and light catches in its rivets and dimples. Aside from the playfully upturned edges of Jopson’s mustache, there’s nothing particularly remarkable about this bust. But next to it sits an identical bust that absolutely boggles the mind. It looks like someone has cut a hole in the air in the shape of Jopson’s head, leaving only a gaping, empty blackness. 

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That's NOT a hole in the picture: World's blackest material developed as spray paint

Researchers have developed a new version of the world's blackest material that can be applied using a spray paint gun.
 

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The Most Important Thing About This Shade Of Black Is Not An Artist's Rights

Lost in last week’s furor over an artist getting the rights to a shade of black was the chemistry that made it possible.

At issue is a material called Vantablack and its derivative S-VIS. Developed by a British company called Surrey Nanosystems, these coatings absorb an incredible amount of light—as much as 99.96% depending on what wavelength you consider. They’re so black that seeing them feels like looking into a hole.

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His Dark Materials

Journalist and author Kassia St Clair talks about Vantablack S-VIS is the Economist's first issue of 1843 Magazine.

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Some Artists Are Seeing Red Over A New 'Black'

A well thought out article on the debate over Vantablack S-VIS in art.

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