When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Though it may look like a 2D cartoon wormhole, "Vantablack" is the blackest material known to ...

Vantablack, first announced in 2014, is a rare real-life special effect, a coating so black that it sucks in almost every photon that hits it. It makes any three-dimensional object basically look like ...

The first headlines came way back in 2014. British Indian artist Anish Kapoor was experimenting with Vantablack, a newly invented material said to be the blackest black ever made. “This material is ...

BMW will show a 2020 X6 at the Frankfurt auto show in September that has been painted in the blackest paint we've ever seen. Called Vantablack, the paint is normally used for coating space-borne ...

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.

The material has been termed “blacker than black” and for a good reason. UK-based Surrey NanoSystems’ VantaBlack can absorb 99.96% of the radiation in the visible spectrum and even those beyond human ...

Finding just the right color to use can be maddening. For centuries, artists have fought to find the richest reds, deepest blues and most vibrant yellows to bring their works to life. Now, artists are ...

How much more black could Vantablack be? The answer is none. None more black. This stuff is the blackest black. It is so black that it makes reality look Photoshopped. Perception of depth and ...

In addition to witnessing world-class feats of athleticism—and a North Korean “art troupe”—visitors to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, will have the chance to see “the darkest ...

It doesn't get much darker than Vantablack, a special coating material that'll make you think you're staring into the heart of a black hole. Now it's available to coat all sorts of things. Freelance ...