A doomsday brought by the Higgs boson or "god particle" can bring the universe to destruction, English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking warned.

According to a CERN description, "The Higgs boson, as proposed within the Standard Model, is the simplest manifestation of the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism."

The description adds, "The Higgs boson is one of two types of fundamental particles, and it's a particular game-changer in the field of particle physics, proving how particles gain mass."

In a new book called "Starmus, 50 Years of Man in Space," which is a collection of lectures of famous astronomers and physicists, Hawking caught the attention of people by what he wrote on its preface:

"The Higgs potential has the worrisome feature that it might become metastable at energies above 100bn gigaelectronvolts (GeV)."

He further elaborated on how this particle can wipe out the entire universe:

"This could mean that the universe could undergo catastrophic vacuum decay, with a bubble of the true vacuum expanding at the speed of light. This could happen at any time and we wouldn't see it coming."

For an average person, it is quite difficult to understand what these statements actually explain, but there's one thing that Hawking made clear – a doomsday is inevitable.

It may be recalled that Hawking has also suggested aliens and artificial intelligence putting an end to the Earth.

Not only is Hawking celebrated for his contributions to science, he is also arguably the most popular celebrity disabled by a progressive neurological diseases since Lou Gherig, whose name is now highly associated with the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon.

Just over the weekend, another film that was inspired by Hawking's life had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

"The Theory of Everything" is based on the memoirs of Hawking's first wife Jane.

The movie revolves around his time as a promising student at Cambridge University in 1963 and how he fell in love with Jane.

According to the movie, the discovery of his degenerative motor neuron disease after a serious fall is when everything changed for the then 21-year old Hawking.