In the standard model, the masses of fundamental particles arise when electroweak symmetry is spontaneously broken by the interaction of massless fields with the Higgs field. If this theory is correct, then a single, massive, scalar boson called the "Higgs boson" must exist and have specific properties. On July 4, 2012, the discovery of a new particle resembling the Higgs boson was announced at CERN by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations which analyze data from high-energy proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. In this talk, I will summarize the case for this discovery, discuss its implications, and present new results on the properties of this Higgs-like particle. I will also discuss some prospects for future measurements to elucidate its nature at the dawn of this new Higgs era in particle physics.