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Euclid space telescope finds 1.5 trillion orphan stars floating around in Perseus cluster (images)

Scientists using the Euclid space telescope have discovered a staggering 1.5 trillion orphan stars drifting within a massive cluster of thousands of galaxies, one of the largest structures in the universe. Torn away from their home galaxy, these orphan stars fill the space between the Perseus cluster’s galaxies with ghostly blue light. This so-called “intra-cluster”… Read More »