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NASA Hubble captures galaxy burning brightly from supernovae

NASA's Hubble Telescope is viewing a galaxy, which is 98 million light-years away from the Milky Way, burning brightly after being the place for two supernovae explosions.


Kayla Elder
May 13, 2020

NASA's Hubble Telescope is viewing a galaxy, which is 98 million light-years away from the Milky Way, burning brightly after being the place for two supernovae explosions.

In both 1975 and 2015, this galaxy, called the NGC 3583, had two supernovae explode within it due to two independent binary star systems, according to a press release from NASA. The stellar remains of a sun-like star, or a white dwarf, collected material from the other star until it reached a maximum mass, collapsed inward and exploded outward into a supernova. 

The barred spiral galaxy boasts two symmetrical arms that can span into the universe, according to NASA. 

Though supernovae can form in many different ways and in different galaxies, these two events were captured in the NGC 3583 galaxy, but are not visible in images, according to NASA. But the spectacular symmetry can be seen in images of NGC 3583. 


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