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Omega Centauri Unlikely to Harbor Life

Omega Centauri, colorful stars, habitable planets, globular star cluster
There are colorful stars galore, but likely no habitable planets, inside the globular star cluster Omega Centauri. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team)

Close encounters between stars in the Milky Way’s largest globular cluster leave little room for habitable planetary systems

By Sarah Nightingale

Riverside, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Searching for life in the vast universe is an overwhelming task, but scientists can cross one place off their list. Omega Centauri — a densely packed cluster…

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