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Existing Telescopes Could Directly Observe ‘ExoEarths…’ with a Few Tweaks

Existing Telescopes Could Directly Observe 'ExoEarths...' with a Few Tweaks

https://www.universetoday.com/167390/existing-telescopes-could-directly-observe-exoearths-with-a-few-tweaks/

One proposal offers a unique method to directly image ExoEarths, or rocky worlds around nearby stars.

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As this allows for clearer image resolution of smaller planets around the nearest stars, I wonder will it do the same for their atmospheric composition? It seems that will be the key to first detecting alien life elsewhere in the universe. I've a sneaking suspicion that if any life (or its remains) are found on Mars or Europa, it will have been seeded from Earth, and not have arisen independently.