If some stars that are lightyears away are dead, does that mean the exoplanets we find are also dead?

Question

I get really excited over exoplanets that are Earth-like so I’m wondering how this works.

In: Planetary Science

Answer 1

“Maybe”. 

That’s about all there is to it. ;p

Yes, if something is XXX light-years away, we can only see what it was like XXX years ago.