2014. You can get some info from the wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack Most interesting being the la

2014. You can get some info from the wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack Most interesting being the layman explanation: "Vantablack is composed of a forest of vertical tubes which are "grown". When light strikes vantablack, instead of bouncing off, it becomes trapped and is continually deflected among the tubes, eventually becoming absorbed and dissipating into heat." I'd love to see someone walking around in a bodysuit made out of this stuff (although I have no idea if it's flexible enough).