Many Nearby Star Systems Could Have Already Spotted Earth

A view of Earth and Sun from thousands of miles above our planet. Stars that enter and exit a position where they can see Earth as a transiting planet around our Sun are brightened. Credit: OpenSpace/American Museum of Natural History

Scientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems – within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years—that could find Earth merely by watching our pale blue dot cross our sun.

That’s 1,715 star systems that could have spotted Earth since human civilization blossomed about 5,000 years ago, and 319 more star systems that will be added over the next 5,000 years.

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