Types of Stuff Electromagnetic radiation, Wavelength stretches with expansion of space. Dilutes as fourth power of the expansion. Matter. Dilutes as third power of the expansion. Ordinary matter - protons, neutrons, electrons. Dark Matter - stuff that feels gravity and clumps together, but does not interact with ordinary matter, or itself. Dark Energy - an intrinsic energy density of space. Simplest form Vacuum Energy aka Lambda does not dilute at all with the expansion.