It’s a good range for a wide variety of science, especially above the atmosphere. Also a good range to sniff the atmospheres of earth sized planets for chemica

It’s a good range for a wide variety of science, especially above the atmosphere. Also a good range to sniff the atmospheres of earth sized planets for chemical composition, if everything works just right. In theory Webb might be able to sniff out a water/nitrogen/oxygen atmosphere, some thought to most likely come from plant life.