Submitted by chandra on Fri, 01/11/2008 - 11:23.
Like the jelly beans in this jar, the Universe is mostly dark: 96 percent consists of dark energy (about 70%) and dark matter (about 26%). Only about four percent (the same proportion as the lightly colored jelly beans) of the Universe— including the stars, planets and us—is made of familiar atomic matter. Read about the make up of the Universe
