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Clouds of matter that coalesce into solar systems tend to form into a disc shape due to conservation of angular momentum.

Barely-related bonus factoid: If all the planets ever entered into near-perfect alignment on the same side of the sun, as various doomsday superstitions always proclaim they will, the combined gravitational effect on you would be more minuscule than the gravitational effect on your body of a 747 passing overhead.

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