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In the forests of the night lies a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 3583, imaged here by the\u00a0NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This is a barred spiral galaxy with two arms that twist out into the Universe. This galaxy is located 98 million light-years away from the Milky Way. Two\u00a0supernovae\u00a0exploded in this galaxy, one in 1975 and another, more recently, in 2015.<\/p>\n
There are a few different ways that supernova can form.\u00a0In the case of these two supernovae, the explosions evolved from two independent\u00a0binary star systems in which the stellar remnant of a Sun-like star, known as a\u00a0white dwarf, was collecting material from its companion star. Feeding off of its partner, the white dwarf gorged on the material until it reached a\u00a0maximum mass. At this point, the star collapsed inward before exploding outward in a brilliant supernova.<\/p>\n
Two of these events were spotted in NGC 3583, and though not visible in this picture of the week, we can still marvel at the galaxy\u2019s fearful symmetry.<\/p>\n