The recently discovered Higgs boson, which helps give particles their mass, could have destroyed the cosmos shortly after it was born, causing the universe to collapse just after the Big Bang. But gravity, the force that keeps planets and stars together, might have kept this from happening. It's amazing to think that the universe might not have developed the way it has because of something that we can't even see. It's because of gravity that that didn't happen and the universe was allowed to expand and not snuff its self out right after the Big Bang. Because of the curve in space-time it increased the mass of the Higgs Boson and made it more difficult for them to attract one another. Scientists are researching this interaction more and seeing how it affected the early universe. It really makes you wonder and appreciate gravity more because without it earth or even this universe wouldn't exist and also marvel at the power and importance of things that we can't see with out own eyes.
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