But until now, Vantablack’s nonscientific uses have been just that: buzzy, one-off projects that have generated short-lived bursts of noise and media fascination, but not much else. That’s largely ...

The floodgates are opening! The world will soon be full of products coated in the darkest color on the planet. Luxury watch brands are known for encasing timepieces in rare, beautiful materials, ...

Why is the darkest color in the world covering a $2 million diamond? It’s the result of a first-of-its-kind collaboration between art and science. Andrei Arlovski shuts down Jack Doherty after viral ...

A new type of super-black, highly resistant satellite paint promises an affordable fix to the satellite light pollution problem that has marred astronomical research since the recent advent of ...

Black leather jacket, Eerie black, Outer space, Licorice, Onyx and plain old Black. These are the names of Crayola’s blackest of black crayons. Sure, they’re all jet black, but none of them have ...

The number of satellites in orbit, especially in low-Earth orbit, has massively increased in the last decade. This has brought an increase in brightness across the surface of the Earth, meaning there ...

Researchers from the U.K. plan to launch a CubeSat covered with a newly formulated "hull-darkening" Vantablack paint into space next year. If successful, the coating could help mitigate light ...

A paint so impractical (and cool) -- think matte black squared -- you know some idiot will have to try it on a street car, even though it doesn't like being left outside, or washed. This nanotube ...