The short answer is no. Not even from Alpha Centauri 4ly away. A lot of people have misconceptions that we would immediately detect these signals - we would not

The short answer is no. Not even from Alpha Centauri 4ly away. A lot of people have misconceptions that we would immediately detect these signals - we would not. MAYBE from Alpha Centauri with a LOT of additional funding and effort, but not as is. Details here: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/22617/can-we-communicate-with-tau-ceti https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/22617/can-we-commu...