Scientists have long assumed that a few characteristics of the cosmos are as unvarying as the laws of physics themselves. These so-called constants of nature include the speed of light in a vacuum and the masses of some elementary particles.
BEAMING. Measurements of hydrogen molecules conducted with this laser system suggest that a constant of nature has changed its value since the universe was young.
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