"The Flatness of Our Solar System: A Cosmic Mystery"

The solar system is flat because it started as a rotating cloud of dust, with particles near the equator finding stable orbits due to balanced gravitational and centrifugal forces, while those near the poles formed a flat disk. This phenomenon is explained by physics principles such as centripetal acceleration and fake forces like centrifugal force. Numerical models demonstrate how collisions among dust particles led to the formation of a flatter solar system, resembling the one we observe today.