Have you ever gotten up to use the restroom during a movie screening, then struggled to find your seat when you re-enter the darkened theater? Now imagine how much tougher it would be if the theater ...

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, ...

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 ...

Kapoor initially predicted he’d be able to coat an entire room with the substance within a few months, but working with the material has proved extremely complicated. Scientists have to use a reactor ...

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 ...

To celebrate the launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Activision and Treyarch created the “Black Ops House,” the worlds darkest room for players to play the game in. The Black Ops House was created in ...

BMW decided to paint one of its X6 SUVs black. But not just any black; Vantablack the darkest pigment ever created. Then they brought it to the Frankfurt Auto Show and put it in a room with flashing ...

STANDING in front of a surface coated in Vantablack is terrifying. The nanotech material is the blackest black there is, reflecting so little light back that a room painted floor to ceiling with the ...

British company Surrey NanoSystems disrupted the color spectrum when it debuted Vantablack: the darkest artificial substance ever made. The material is dark enough to absorb virtually all light waves, ...

To celebrate Black Ops 4 launch day, Activision has created the “World’s Darkest Room”. Seriously. A press release confirmed that the material used to create this room is Vantablack, which is the ...