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Dennis Overbye: Reporting the Universe

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The Muon Is Never Alone

It was a mathematical prediction, im and it was verified long ago that these particles popping in and out of existence would have a slight effect on things. So so here's a meon. And as a this guy, what was his name, jolly, said, the muon is never alone. There is no such thing as a lonely particle in the universe. It's surrounded by these virtual particles. Anything,. a dragon, can appear and affect this muon. All kinds of things that we don't even know exist yet can appear in this empty space, and they will affect the muon. Themuon is wobbling according to predictions, because it's being affected by something

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