Why do galaxies look like they spread out in a single plane (ie, why do they look more like frisbees than spheres)?

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Why do galaxies look like they spread out in a single plane (ie, why do they look more like frisbees than spheres)?

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For the same reason why if you toss a ball of dough, you can make a flat pizza. When things spin really fast, they flatten around the rotation axis. Galaxies do the same

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