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The Universe As We Know It May End Sooner Than Expected (hackaday.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also, from what I understand, we wouldn't see it coming (as the decay would be spreading at the speed of light), and everything would be over before our senses could ever detect anything out of the ordinary.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

So, if I'm reading it right, everything would just rip apart at the speed of light due to a change in mass because of the Higgs field transitioning to a lower state?

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