Eli5: why are galaxies flat and not sphere?

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Eli5: why are galaxies flat and not sphere?

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Galaxies can be all sorts of shapes, but there is something called the conservation of angular momentum, which relates to how the gravity pulls the stars towards each other and how new stars join the group.

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