NASA engineers develop 'blacker than black' nanotubes (w/ Video)
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 11:00
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Black is black, right? Not so, according to a team of NASA engineers now developing a blacker-than pitch material that will help scientists gather hard-to-obtain scientific measurements or observe currently unseen astronomical objects, like Earth-sized planets in orbit around other stars.