Subject: What Happens to an Atom When it Dies?

 If an atom can die and therefore produce remains and we can sufficiently say 
these remains are subatomic particles as observed in experiments and in these 
experiments these particles can be visualized for mere fractions of a second or 
longer possibly, can we therefore suggest that they are matter in a state of 
sorts and is it possible then that the mass of the universe is full of the 
remains of dead atoms that at some point had measurable mass and energy but 
like all living things decay to the point of indistinguishable stuff? If the 
theory of Dark Matter states that the mass of universe is made up of this dark 
matter, could it be that the indistinguishable stuff we understand to be a mass 
is actually the remains of dead atoms?
This has probably already been answered; I just haven’t found it anywhere

Re: What Happens to an Atom When it Dies?