Deep images of galaxy clusters reveal the light of wandering stars. What sets these stars free from their hosts?
Sky & Telescope: Chris Mihos, the Worcester R. and Cornelia B. Warner Professor of Astronomy at the College of Arts and Sciences, weighed in on recent research on intracluster light, the faint glow seen by astronomers (via the Hubble and James Webb telescopes) that indicate galaxies ‘losing’ their stars.