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by aphextron 2771 days ago
>Could you enlighten me on how JWST could find the evidence of life?

Near Infrared Spectroscopy [0]. JWST will be the first instrument in space capable of performing NIR spectroscopy, which will be used to analyze the starlight shining through exoplanets' atmospheres for evidence of biological molecules.

[0] https://dms.cosmos.esa.int/COSMOS/doc_fetch.php?id=3372219