Everyone knows solid, liquid, and gas—but what about time crystals, quark-gluon plasma, and Bose-Einstein condensates?

There are three main states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. When a substance changes state, this is a physical change because no new substances are produced and the change is reversible.

States of Matter. By Richard Pommier Swanson; Posted 01.08.08; NOVA; Water is the only substance on Earth that occurs naturally as a solid, liquid, and gas.

One half of the prize went to David J. Thouless; the other half was shared by F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz. They used math to explain the odd behavior of unusual states of matter.

Most of us grew up learning there are three main types of matter that matter: solid, liquid, and gas. Today, that changed. After a nearly 20 year pursuit, we’ve created an entirely new state of… ...