New Ultra-Black Coating Could Enable the Search for Life on Exoplanets
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A recently developed ultra-black coating not only efficiently absorbs light, but is also extremely thin and durable, enabling its potential use on starshades that could someday support the imaging of exoplanets and potentially facilitate the detection of life beyond our solar system. Artist’s conception of a starshade (a disk surrounded by “petals” at the top […]