How Many Alien Planets Can See Earth?

International Business Times, Raw Story
Fri, 09/08/2017 - 9:16pm

Several planets in other solar systems are in an excellent position to view Earth crossing in front of the sun during its orbit, meaning if those exoplanets contain extraterrestrial intelligence, the aliens there could have discovered Earth in their skies much like we discover exoplanets in our own....

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