JWST telescopes' work is crucial for future missions capable of looking deeper into an exoplanet.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12022331/How-NASAs-James-Webb-leading-search-alien-life-detected-25-years.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Located only 120 light years from Earth, Scientists discovered exoplanet in 2023 and found that it is about 50 percent bigger than Earth and orbits an M-dwarf star.

Source: https://www.salon.com/2023/12/22/2023-was-a-landmark-year-for-exoplanet-discoveries-including-many-that-could-harbor-alien-life/

NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has honed its instruments on a nearby exoplanet and discovered it approximately the same size as Earth.

Source: https://www.tweaktown.com/news/94421/nasa-telescopes-scans-nearby-exoplanet-and-discovers-its-earth-sized/index.html

The first ground-based discovery of an exoplanet was back in 1995.

Source: https://thereview.ca/2023/10/23/backyard-astronomy-the-next-100-years/