Based on the Laws of Physics, toroidal planet (donut-shaped) is physically possible. But, it would require extreme and very specific conditions to form and remain stable. While most planets form into spheres due to gravitational equilibrium, a toroidal shape would need to fight that natural pull, with extreme rotation or external forces. Such a shape could arise from a rapidly spinning disk of material, where centrifugal forces keep the center from collapsing. Think of it like stretching a spher

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Last week we asked you to guess what activity this represents. And no, it isn’t a helicopter rescue. 😉 Here we see a part of the exhibition ‘Discover CERN’ at CERN Science Gateway, where we try to lower the ATLAS experiment’s barrel toroid to its cavern. The real barrel toroid is 25 metres long and the cranes had to hold the 100 tonne coil at a sharp angle, while it passed through the 18-metre-diameter vertical shaft, into the cavern, to finally lay the magnet into a horizontal platform. See he