Recent analysis of the subatomic particle that may be the elusive Higgs boson discovered last year may show that the universe may come to an eventual end.

The news was announced at an annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that took place in Boston on Monday.

Joseph Lykken, a theoretical physicist and research collaborator, stated at the event that the universe may be doomed in tens of billions of years.

"This calculation tells you that many tens of billions of years from now there'll be a catastrophe," Lykken said, according to Live Science. "It may be the universe we live in is inherently unstable, and at some point billions of years from now it's all going to get wiped out."

Lykken also stated that even if the scientific calculation is incorrect and the universe comes at an end anytime soon, it will be over very quickly.

"You won't actually see it, because it will come at you at the speed of light," Lykken said.

Analysis continues on the particle that may be the Higgs boson that was discovered during tests at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The Higgs particle is important as it may be a key part of creating mass in other essential particles, according to NBC News.

Scientists have still to review about a third of the collision data in their possession. But they will likely need much more information to close the uncertainties that remain in the measurement of the Higgs' mass and its other properties.

However, further study is needed before the particle can be definitively identified as the Higgs boson by scientists.

Continued research on the Higgs-like particle has slowed down as the LHC has now been shut down to allow for major repairs and upgrades, according to The BBC.

Confirming the discovery of the Higgs would fill in the last blank spot in that theory, known as the Standard Model, according to The New York Daily News.