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New research finds that young planets are flattened structures rather than spherical (phys.org)
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[โ€“] Shdwdrgn@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cue the flat-earthers who are going to jump on this while completely ignoring all other aspects including the gravity required to make this happen, and somehow claim this is scientific proof that they were right.

[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't think flat earthers are getting their ideas from mainstream scientific websites.