• Question: What is the universe made out of?

    Asked by Sharmin_the BEST to Chris, Hayley, Jimi, Omur on 16 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Jimi Wills

      Jimi Wills answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      matter and energy… and space… and other weird physics stuff that may or may not actually exist!

    • Photo: Chris Conselice

      Chris Conselice answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      The universe is made up of a few things. First, 30% of it is matter, but the majority of that, about 80% is dark matter that we can’t see. Only a small fraction of that mass is made up of stuff like atoms and molecules that we can actually study and see.

      The other 70% is dark energy, which is a mysterious force which makes the universe not only expand but to also accelerate – i.e., it gets faster and faster with expansion. We have no idea what this is, but it is probably just a property of space that makes everything expand.

    • Photo: Hayley Moulding

      Hayley Moulding answered on 18 Mar 2016:

      Loads and loads of energy..maybe some magic. I think maybe less magic and more energy and space probably though!!

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