Work is afoot to build the necessary instruments to do so.
ETH Zurich, the Swiss federal institute, recently opened its new Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life, an interdisciplinary institute to analyze the current and future observations of the Earth and the universe.
A transmission spectrum of the hot gas giant WASP-39 b captured by JWST reveals the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in an exoplanetIn addition, the JWST has also looked at older stars in the universe and detected carbon dioxide and water in their exoplanets.
This will help astronomers take not only pictures of nearby exoplanets but also investigate their atmosphere. Quanz is also well aware that based on Earth, METIS's observations will be influenced by the planet's atmosphere, and therefore, a specialized mission will be needed to be sent out to space, like the JWST but looking for habitable exoplanets.
The Center for the Origin and Prevalence of Life would work to lay the groundwork for such a mission, and although a 25-year timeline for this would be ambitious, it wouldn't be unrealistic, the astrophysicist said.
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