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Ben Turner

Wobbling muon experiment could reveal a 5th force of nature — if the results hold up

A top-down view of the equipment used in the g-2 experiment at Fermilab.

A tiny wobbling particle may be about to reveal a fifth force of nature, scientists behind one of the biggest particle physics experiments say.

Physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, or Fermilab, near Chicago have found more evidence that the muon, a subatomic particle, is wobbling far more than it should — and they think it's because an unknown force is pushing it.

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