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LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 年前

We could see the glint off giant cities on alien worlds, suggests paper

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We could see the glint off giant cities on alien worlds, suggests paper

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LughMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 年前
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How large would an extraterrestrial city have to be for current telescopes to see it? Would it need to be a planet-sized metropolis like Star Wars' Coruscant? Or could we see an alien equivalent of Earth's own largest urban areas, like New York City or Tokyo?
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