Terry, This has been known for some time but the variation is slight 1 part in 7 million if I recall correctly.
An interesting book on this & similar constants is: The Constants of Nature by John Barrow Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> Reply-To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: 5/2/2020 2:55:22 PM Subject: [Vo]:Constants that Aren't The electromagnetic force keeps electrons whizzing around a nucleus in every atom of the universe—without it, all matter would fly apart. Up until recently, it was believed to be an unchanging force throughout time and space. But over the last two decades, Professor Webb has noticed anomalies in the fine structure constant whereby electromagnetic force measured in one particular direction of the universe seems ever so slightly different. https://phys.org/news/2020-04-laws-nature-downright-weird-constant.html