Two meteor explosions at a galaxy

A galaxy that is very peaceful, still but is actually a scene of violence, according to European astronomers.

Galaxy NGC 1187

The galaxy, called NGC 1187 , was discovered in 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel. Far from being calm and unchanging, it had 'mastered' two horrific meteor explosions from in 1982.

That is the conclusion of experts from the Southern European Observatory (ESO), based in Garching (Germany), after evaluating images taken from Observatory LA Silla in Chile, according to AFP.

A half-dozen spiral arms of the galaxy contain a large amount of gas and dust, showing evidence of the presence of newly produced stars from gas clouds in the galaxy, according to ESO.

In October 1982, the first meteor explosion reached the observatory's lens in Chile, and in 2007, a second case was identified by amateur astronomer in South Africa.

The newly published image of NGC 1187, which is 60 million light-years from Earth, was introduced by ESO after a year-long study of the galaxy.