It's...complicated.
We thought it had an atmosphere, but observations by the JWST showed it didn't.
But we also now know that stellar contamination makes observations of close in exoplanets hard. Is it an atmosphere? Or is it a starspot?
What this means is that when looking for life signs from a distance, you also have to model the star. Which means you can't do it in five minutes...you might have to take a couple of years to do it. Bear that in mind when sending out your fictional exploration ships?
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