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Think scientists know how planets are formed? New simulations show large planets that form far away from their host stars start their lives more like a flattened disk — a shape called an oblate spheroid. Earth, we know, is not flat. But Jupiter may have once been. Here’s more from Science Alert on how the formation of planets might not always go the way we picture in our heads. https://flip.it/GP-ns6
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