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A blackbody is the universe’s “perfect absorber,” aka the friend who takes everything in and never complains.

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A blackbody is an idealized object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation that falls on it and emits thermal radiation based on its temperature. It is a physics concept, central to the development of quantum theory.

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