Eli5 energy and states from matter

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Since E=mc^2, energy a state of matter?

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No. Mass is defined as anything that occupies volume and has mass. Something like a photon has energy but no mass so it isn’t matter. Since it isn’t matter it can’t be a state of matter, and the energy it contains can’t be a state of matter.

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