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by kazinator 2050 days ago
Since stars form in explosive events, it seems painfully obvious that some of the shit that comes flying out does not stick around, and that it could be planet sized/shaped.
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Stars are formed in nebulas of gas and dust via gravitational collapse (accretion).

The remaining gas and dust that is swirling around the star flattens out into a disk (because of angular momentum). Planets gradually form in this disk, again via accretion (snowball effect).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protoplanetary_disk

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accretion_(astrophysics)