The Higgs boson, the particle that makes matter in the Universe has mass, can send a bullet in the temple to our world. Mathematical calculations confirm the likelihood of such an outcome.
It is generally accepted that our Universe will die slowly, turning into a cold boundless void. But experts believe that the “end times” scenario could be completely different: Ragnarok will be stormy, fast and with special effects (which we are unlikely to see).
The reason for this may be the Higgs boson - the fundamental particle that gives mass to other particles. Its mass, which is about 125 GeV, can turn out to be unstable and change suddenly - the Standard Model allows this purely mathematically. If this happens, the Universe will be destroyed by a colossal wave of negative energy.
In an interview with New Scientist, Anders Andreassen, a professor at Harvard University, said: “We wanted to eliminate all previous approximations in the calculations and get the most accurate date for the end of the universe. It is terrifying to imagine this bubble of energy that we will never see."
Ruth Gregory of Durham University believes that the change in boson mass must be due to a specific cause. The trigger for this event is most likely the gravitational curvature around the black hole. Perhaps the collapse of the Universe has already happened - we are just too far from the place of its beginning to see and realize what happened.