The Eta Carinae is a system made up of two stars that have been in a mysterious battle for about a millennia.

The system, which is 7,500 light years from Earth, is surrounded by a nebula of gas and dust.

The system is also known as "supernova impostor" due to its powerful blasts that are comparable with the brightness of exploding stars. In 1837, the "Great Eruption" occurred and lasted for almost two decades resulting in Homunculus Nebula which is brighter than any other object found in the Milky Way.

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In the latest release of the Astronomy & Astrophysics journal, astronomers published high-resolution photographs of the system. Gerd Weigelt of Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy said it is a dream come true that they "can now get extremely sharp images" of the system.

The sharp images are expected to help astronomers understand the reasons behind the tantrums of both stars.

Eta Carinae B is described as a smaller star but 30 times more massive and a million times brighter than the sun. While Eta Carinae A is 90 times and five million times more massive and brighter than the Earth's primary source of light.

The two stars move closer to each other every five and half years. This interaction is referred to as the "periastron passage." It most recently happened in August 2014. The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) used by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) gave a view of the core of the system.

Astronomers have not yet discovered the reason behind the explosions in the star system.