Stephen Hawking: 'God particle' could destroy entire universe

The Higgs boson particle could cause time and space to collapse at high energies, warns the physicist

Stephen Hawking

The 'God particle', officially known as the Higgs boson, has the power to destroy the universe, according to Professor Stephen Hawking.

He warns that the particle could become unstable at extremely high energy levels, leading to a "catastrophic vacuum decay" that would expand at the speed of light, causing the collapse of time and space.

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