Is there such a thing as "solid"matter?
By that I mean matter with no internal spaces in it's makeup.
Have we ever found anything at the bottom of the "matter well" that could be called the primary building block?
I know that neutron stars are very dense, but even they can be compressed into a black hole.I think solid matter is an illusion.When we strike a nail with a hammer, it is really force fields acting against other force fields that give the illusion of being "solid".
Perhaps matter cannot exist in our observable universe without being permeated with space.Remove all the space, you get a black hole.Matter, as we know it is very "foamy" and is able to "float" in space-time. Remove all of the foam, it sinks (black hole) beyond the observable horizon.Remove some of the "foam", density increases and matter "sinks" deeper in spacetime(warps spacetime).
It is as if space is "threaded" thru all matter and is supporting it like strands of a spider web.There are subatomic particles so small that they can pass thru the entire earth without striking anything solid.
Comments? Opinions?
Even the planet we live on is not solid.