![Background infrared glow captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. […] The scientists find that this light is coming from stray stars that were torn away from galaxies. When galaxies tangle and merge -a natural stage of galaxy growth- stars often get kicked out in the process. The stars are too faint to be seen individually, but Spitzer may be seeing their collective glow.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Irvine
Source: Unmasking a Hidden Glow, The Spitzer Space Telescope.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/2d3745d234aa74bf11b3b4ec75d28369/tumblr_miih4hPg6e1qaityko1_500.jpg)
Background infrared glow captured by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. […] The scientists find that this light is coming from stray stars that were torn away from galaxies. When galaxies tangle and merge -a natural stage of galaxy growth- stars often get kicked out in the process. The stars are too faint to be seen individually, but Spitzer may be seeing their collective glow.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UC Irvine
Source: Unmasking a Hidden Glow, The Spitzer Space Telescope.
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