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are seen as they were 2.5 billion years ago, the research could make a valuable contribution to our understanding of cosmic evolution.
The team discovered that intra-group light indicates these stars are younger and less rich in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium — referred to as metals by astronomers — than stars in the galaxies that surround them. Using this information, the team retraced the history of the intra-group stars and how they came to be gathered in a stellar orphanage between galaxies. "We think these individual stars were at some points stripped from their home galaxies and now they float freely, following the gravity of the group," Martínez-Lombilla explained.
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