A British company designed the darkest material in the world

Vantablack is the darkest material in the world and it is designed by British company Surrey NanoSystems.

It is made from tightly packed carbon nanotubes which absorb around 99.8% of the light visible to our eyes.

Produced by Joe Daunt. Original reporting by Rebecca Harrington. Special thanks to Lindsay Dodgson.

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