approximately 65 million light years from soil — a fair distance,though relatively close by cosmic standards — lies a lovely nearly edge-on spiral galaxy. Called NGC 3079, it looks very much like thousands of other galaxies of its kind, and in fact isn't so different from our own Milky Way. A tad smaller,at 70000 light years or so across (the Milky Way is 100000), but otherwise you might not give it a moment glance.
Until, or that is,you notice that in its center is a towering fountain of gas spewing from its core, looking very much like flames licking out into space.
Source: blastr.com