e=mc^2
Hope this helps.
Seriously, we do know that its carrier 'particle' is the photon, one of the many bizarre entities of the quantum realm which can behave as both a particle and wave phenomenon at the same time. That is, until someone or thing? 'looks' at it. Then it becomes 'real', whatever that means.
but NOT at the same rime.
No.
The equation you posted gives as much information about what energy is as the sentence “Is is to be” gives about being.
We don’t know what energy is.