Smoking-Krills

What are the plans for the near future (2020's, 2030's etc.) regarding the search for exoplanets? Are there new telescopes with new detection abilities that are being planned to launch soon?

Wow, so a lot is in the works, Follow-up question if that's alright:

After WFIRST in the 2030's/2040's how would we be able to fly to these exoplanets that are so far away in a reasonable time? Would it just be done for future generations or are techniques for quicker space flight being developed?

Hello everyone,

First, thank you for all you are doing to further science and discovery, and thank you for giving us something to cheer for in rather dark times.

My question is that I've seen that perseverance will be looking for signs of ancient microbial life in the Jezero Crater, what exactly will those signs be? Fossils? Certain chemicals or environmental readings? Or a combination of everything?