Your chance to look into a ‘black hole’: Scientists create material so dark you can’t see it

The blackest material known to man has been applied to a Lynx can that's on display in London this month.

Scientists have coated a can of Lynx spray with a MATERIAL CALLED VANTABLACK - the blackest material known to man.

Vantablack has such unusual light-absorbing properties that it confuses the human eye, making it very difficult to focus or see any contours.

• 2015.07.07