Fine Structure Constant appears to vary across the distant sky

[Quisquis]

I guess I don't have much to say about this other than it's pretty amazing if it's true and I wanted to bring it to everyone's attention here.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100909004112.htm

http://arxiv.org/abs/1008.3907

 

[cristo]

There has been some discussion of this paper here however, due to how that thread progressed, and PF rules, the topic has been closed until the article is published.