{"id":11572,"date":"2016-04-30T06:10:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T10:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=11572"},"modified":"2016-04-23T13:11:45","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:11:45","slug":"why-is-the-earth-round-and-the-milky-way-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=11572","title":{"rendered":"Why Is The Earth Round And The Milky Way Flat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does our universe make spheres and disks?<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aj6Kc1mvsdo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Get your own Space Time t-shirt at<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=8qAbV5OwOInv-AXeyr2gDw\" data-url=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime<br \/>\nFacebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetime<br \/>\nEmail us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com<br \/>\nComment on Reddit:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=8qAbV5OwOInv-AXeyr2gDw\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime\">http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our universe is not a very diverse place when it comes to shapes. Large celestial bodies become spheres, galaxies become discs, and there is little room for variation. Why is this? Well it turns out physics has some pretty strict rules when it comes to creating new planetary bodies. On this week\u2019s Space Time, we explore equillibrium and symmetry, the two defining factors that shape our universe.<\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n<p>COMMENTS:<\/p>\n<p>Felix Ironfist<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z12dwzk4iquld5g0323uivizxm2xxxdk2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=8qAbV5OwOInv-AXeyr2gDw\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z12dwzk4iquld5g0323uivizxm2xxxdk2\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Florent POUJOL<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z13pcn3rgpzxexgym04cfbeokpeaspzidjw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=8qAbV5OwOInv-AXeyr2gDw\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z13pcn3rgpzxexgym04cfbeokpeaspzidjw\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reuben Silva<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z12bcv4w0muzd3ihm04cchbp0s3kyjpj3p00k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=8qAbV5OwOInv-AXeyr2gDw\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z12bcv4w0muzd3ihm04cchbp0s3kyjpj3p00k\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dom Vasta<br \/>\n<a class=\"yt-uix-sessionlink \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z13ns1kqdw2kf5bzm04ccd4arybjvvvgcow0k\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-sessionlink=\"ei=8qAbV5OwOInv-AXeyr2gDw\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKLXVFJzk&amp;lc=z13ns1kqdw2kf5bzm04ccd4arybjvvvgcow0k\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>______________________<\/p>\n<p>Written and hosted by Matt O\u2019Dowd<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nMade by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why does our universe make spheres and disks? Get your own Space Time t-shirt at\u00a0http:\/\/bit.ly\/1QlzoBi Tweet at us! @pbsspacetime Facebook: facebook.com\/pbsspacetime Email us! pbsspacetime [at] gmail [dot] com Comment on Reddit:\u00a0http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/pbsspacetime Our universe is not a very diverse place when it comes to shapes. Large celestial bodies become spheres, galaxies become discs, and there is little room for variation. Why is this? Well it turns out physics has some pretty strict rules when it comes to creating new planetary bodies. On this week\u2019s Space Time, we explore equillibrium and symmetry, the two defining factors that shape our universe. _____________________ COMMENTS: Felix Ironfist https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230; Florent POUJOL https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230; Reuben Silva https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230; Dom Vasta https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JDmKL&#8230; ______________________ Written and hosted by Matt O\u2019Dowd\u00a0 Made by Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[551,853],"class_list":["post-11572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu","tag-education-saturday","tag-space-time"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11573,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11572\/revisions\/11573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}