Fifth Force (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Fifth Force

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"If confirmed by further experiments, this discovery of a possible fifth force would completely change our understanding of the universe," says UCI professor of physics & astronomy Jonathan Feng, including what holds together galaxies such as this spiral one, called NGC 6814.

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ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

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