‘Orphan’ stars among mind-bending finds by Europe’s new space telescope

The universe can be a lonely place – especially if you’re an orphan star, kicked out your galaxy and left to roam the dark expanse of nothingness outside.

But those orphan stars aren’t really alone, as the new Euclid space telescope has spotted 1,500 billion of them in the first scientific pictures taken as part of its mission.

The orphan stars, which give off a ghostly blueish light...