DETECTION OF A DEARTH OF STARS WITH ZERO ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD

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Though we don’t notice it from our point of view, we’re hurtling through space at breakneck speed — and one of the contributors…

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