![FRANKFURT - SEP 15, 2019: unique black BMW X6 Vantablack in light rays at IAA 2019 International Motor Show. Vantablack light-absorbing paint makes it Stock Photo - Alamy FRANKFURT - SEP 15, 2019: unique black BMW X6 Vantablack in light rays at IAA 2019 International Motor Show. Vantablack light-absorbing paint makes it Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A1C92K/frankfurt-sep-15-2019-unique-black-bmw-x6-vantablack-in-light-rays-at-iaa-2019-international-motor-show-vantablack-light-absorbing-paint-makes-it-2A1C92K.jpg)
FRANKFURT - SEP 15, 2019: unique black BMW X6 Vantablack in light rays at IAA 2019 International Motor Show. Vantablack light-absorbing paint makes it Stock Photo - Alamy
![It's like staring 'into a black hole': World's darkest material will be used to make very stealthy aircraft, better telescopes - ExtremeTech It's like staring 'into a black hole': World's darkest material will be used to make very stealthy aircraft, better telescopes - ExtremeTech](http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/surrey-nanosystems-vantablack-very-black-aluminium-foil.jpg)
It's like staring 'into a black hole': World's darkest material will be used to make very stealthy aircraft, better telescopes - ExtremeTech
How does Vantablack absorb light? Shouldn't photons travel through nanotubes and hit the bottom/surface of the material and get reflected? I mean like bouncing a ball off the floor. - Quora
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