Higgs and the Mass of the Universe
Category: SCIENCE
In all the recent hoopla about the long-sought Higgs boson, you often hear it said that it is responsible for the mass of the universe. This is not true. Assuming it exists, the Higgs boson is actually responsible for only a small fraction of the total mass of the universe.
By Victor Stenger, Contributor
Physicist, PhD, bestselling author, 2012-07-14