August 28, 2012

What Put the Bang in the Big Bang?

Every week, Dr. Michio Kaku will be answering reader questions about physics and futuristic science. If you have a question for Dr. Kaku, just post it in the comments section below and check back on Wednesdays to see if he answers it.

Today, Dr. Kaku addresses the question of what comes next after the discovery of the Higgs Boson?

Watch the video here:

Image of a JWST deep field, showing a lensed cluster of galaxies containing the early black hole CEERS 1019

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