Although the galaxy sits some 98 million miles from Earth, astronomers saw the galaxy flare-up in 1975 and 2015 respectively. Both events were triggered by the collapse of a white dwarf star, which resulted in the universe's biggest type of fireworks - supernova eruptions. NASAsaid: "In the depths of the night sky lies a barred spiral galaxy called NGC 3583, imaged here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.