The JWST will have equipment on it capable of determining the chemistry of the atmospheres of alien worlds based on the how the light of its star changes as it passes through.

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He has seen a lot, he says, but when he talks about his other dog, Star, something changes in his eyes.

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In addition to viewing the sun's luminous outer atmosphere (corona), which under normal circumstances is lost in the glare of the rays, they will be using the eclipse to calculate the star's current diameter, which changes as the sun expends energy.

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Mostly, these are natural fluctuations, but particularly sharp and regular changes might signify a planet passing in front of a star.

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