Wow! Thank you so much for this lead. I just played around a bit and it is exactly what I was hoping to find!
So, the next step is having objects anchor at the centre of the sphere and radiate out at the points as determined by Niagara>Particle Spawn>Sphere Location. I wonder if that can be achieved with ribbons, since I essentially do want to have ribbon-like formations coming out of the sphere.
Do you think I should open this up as a new question? Your answer really is the solution to the main topic question. If you agree, I’ll edit this post and post a new Q.