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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Great question. It is one of the effects of gravity in a 3D space. Before they are galaxies, they are giant masses of gas spinning around some axis, with time gravity pulls objects towards each other making it look more like frisbee and less like a sphere.

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