The darkest material on Earth will be used in the 2018 Winter Olympics — here's what makes it so unique

Scientists created a material so dark they couldn’t even measure it. British company Surrey Nanosystems developed the original Vantablack in 2014, which was then the blackest material in the world. But they’ve outdone themselves with the new Vantablack, which absorbs over 99.8% of visible light. Here’s how Vantablack is so black.

Video courtesy of Surrey Nanosystems.

Produced by Brad Streicher. Original reporting by Rebecca Harrington.

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