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sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

In this case, it’s all to do with the conversation of angular momentum! This is also why the solar system is in a plane.

Basically, during formation, the cloud of gas forming the galaxy is spinning super fast, and the difference in rotational forces flattens the cloud closer to a plane.

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