What Would a Civilization Within 60 Light-Years Away Be Able

question 57

Multiple Choice

What would a civilization within 60 light-years away be able to detect from Earth?

• A) our first TV transmissions
• B) our cellular phone transmissions
• C) our production of machines that create noise
• D) our excessive carbon emissions
• E) our wireless Internet transmissions

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Normal Model

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Bull's-Eye

The center of a target, often used metaphorically to indicate a perfect or precise achievement.

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Not influenced or controlled by others, often used to describe variables in experiments that are manipulated to observe effects on dependent variables.

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