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For a wide variety of astronomical objects, the angular momentum is proportional to the square of the mass, and the constant of proportionality is comparable with that of string theories of particle physics, suggesting that the Universe has evolved through a hierarchical breaking of rotating pieces of string. I show here that if such a picture is correct, the more distant objects in the Universe should appear more string-like.
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Tassie, L. Cosmic strings, superstrings and the evolution of the Universe. Nature 323, 40–42 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/323040a0
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