The universe has a 'self-destruct button' that could WIPE OUT life

The universe may have a built-in 'self-destruct button' called false vacuum decay.

If any part of the universe is ever pushed into its stable state, a bubble of 'true vacuum' will expand through the universe, destroying everything it touches.

If this was ever triggered, every planet, star, and galaxy would be wiped out.

This essentially means that the entire universe could be rigged to blow at any moment.

If the Higgs field suddenly takes on a new energy level, none of the physics we are familiar with would be possible.

The interaction between the fields is what gives particles their properties and determines how they interact.

This, in turn, determines everything from the physics that holds planets together to the chemical reactions taking place inside our cells.

To trigger false vacuum decay, you would need an extremely powerful force to pack a huge amount of Higgs particles into a tiny space.

In the current universe, places with this much energy might not even be possible but the early universe might have been violent enough to do it.

The weak and strong forces are effective only over a very short range and dominate only at the level of subatomic particles. The Standard Model includes the electromagnetic, strong and weak forces and all their carrier particles, and explains well how these forces act on all of the matter particles. However, the most familiar force in our everyday lives, gravity, is not part of the Standard Model , and fitting gravity comfortably into this framework has proved to be a difficult challenge..