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The Milky Way is a circular-shaped galaxy. True False

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False

Step-by-step explanation:

Milky way is our home galaxy. Its shape is Barred Spiral. There are four main arms of the Milky way galaxy starting from the center and spreading outwards - the Norma and Cygnus arm, Sagittarius arm, Scutum-Crux, and Perseus arm. Solar system lies at the edge of the galaxy in the minor Orion arm. It spans a radius of 52,850 light years.

Thus, the given statement that Milky way is circular shaped galaxy is False.

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