Planets begin to form in the plane of the disk from leftover scraps. (discovermagazine.com)
The astronomers» goal is to finally reveal what our own Galaxy looks like if we could leave it, travel outward perhaps a million light - years, and view it face - on, rather than along the plane of its disk. (sciencedaily.com)
Shouldn't matter being thrown off an accretion disk travel outward in all directions along the plane of the disk? (discovermagazine.com)