re: NASA finds habitable planet – Kepler-186f – but don’t pack just yet

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So any pictures we get from this planet would be from the year 1524.... this might not reflect much on them but, it sure as hell would if they were looking back at us....

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Great observation. Yes, the light arriving at 186f is from 1524 earth. If there is a civilization there that's at least advanced as us, then they'd be able to see that earth is inhabited.

They wouldn't know if we are intelligent though. We've been broadcasting for only the past 100 years or so and it would be another ~400 years before those signals reached 186f.