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The Higgs particle could break physics throughout the universe. Here's why it hasn't.

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The Higgs boson is responsible for the mass and interactions of all the particles we know of.

It could theoretically change its state, dropping to a lower energy state in certain locations.

If that happened, it would alter the laws of physics dramatically.

However, when the universe was very hot, although energy was available to help form Higgs bubbles, thermal effects also stabilised the Higgs .

In presence of the Higgs field, objects would behave like impurities in a fizzy drink.

When primordial black holes evaporate, they heat the universe locally.

They would evolve in the middle of hot spots that could be much hotter than the surrounding universe, but still colder than their typical Hawking temperature.

This means that such objects are highly unlikely to ever have existed.