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I thought the consensus was that stars in globular clusters are exceedingly unlikely to host planets, since they'd be ejected by the frequent interactions with other stars.


Quite unlikely, but see e.g. [1]:

> Therefore, it is still possible that planets exist around main sequence stars in globular clusters, although at small numbers because of the low metallicity, and at orbital periods of >~10 days.

[1] Expected Planets in Globular Clusters (https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1067)




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