Eli5: why are galaxies flat and not sphere?

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Eli5: why are galaxies flat and not sphere?

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Spinning blobs of stuff tend to flatten into discs over time. Similar to how a person making pizza will throw a blob of dough into the air with a bit of spin to get it to flatten into a nice pizza crust.

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