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Is are galaxy flat

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14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

No, galaxies are three dimensional. Do you mean are there galaxies without a bulge in the center? That answer is yes. Some are shaped like balls, some have irregular shapes, and the rest (which is really most of them) are shaped like discs. Almost all disc-shaped galaxies have a bulge in them, but there are a few that do not have any bulge at all- they are flat discs. Just like a CD.

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