Astronomers have detected the largest black hole-launched jet ever seen in the early universe. The twin-lobed jet that existed when the universe was just 1.2 billion years old stretches out for an ...

Intended for use in engineering, it was unique for absorbing 99.965% of visible light, and become known as “the blackest black”. The artist who laid claim to it was the London-based Anish Kapoor.

The paint used on the Hubble telescope is one of the blackest materials in space ... Their material, awesomely called Vantablack, is so black that they can't even measure how dark it is.