Selection effects in JWST transmission spectroscopy and HWO reflected-light imaging may cause the first biosignature detection to arise from an atypical planet rather than a representative Earth analog.
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Nominal HWO resolutions suffice to detect key biosignatures across Archean to Phanerozoic Earth atmospheres, with O3 enabling indirect low-O2 detection and NIR resolution preventing CO2-CO false positives.
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The First Remotely Detected Biosignature May Not Be the Most Common: Implications for JWST and HWO
Selection effects in JWST transmission spectroscopy and HWO reflected-light imaging may cause the first biosignature detection to arise from an atypical planet rather than a representative Earth analog.
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The effect of spectral resolution on biosignature detection via reflected light observations of the Earth through time
Nominal HWO resolutions suffice to detect key biosignatures across Archean to Phanerozoic Earth atmospheres, with O3 enabling indirect low-O2 detection and NIR resolution preventing CO2-CO false positives.