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Re:Detecting life’s influence on planetary atmospheres by consumer451 on Monday August 27, 2018 @01:05AM (#17849542)
> I want a telescope to find an atmosphere proving that jungles exist on other planets today.

In this case you would be most interested in NASA’s planned LUVOIR telescope[1]. In an interview the gentleman in charge of preliminary design claims that it will answer the question with a 95% certainty.[2]

[1] https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/luvoir/science/

[2] https://youtu.be/MMQvjpcbkBU

Re:Detecting life’s influence on planetary atmospheres by consumer451 on Monday August 27, 2018 @06:06AM (#17850488)
Here is the interview link with timestamp for the pertinent part: https://youtu.be/MMQvjpcbkBU?t=32m52s