Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The Milky Way Galaxy , commonly referred to as just the Milky Way , or sometimes simply as the Galaxy , is the home galaxy of our Solar System , and of Earth . It is agreed that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy , although observations suggest that it is a barred spiral galaxy .
Simplified: The Milky Way galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy .