WISE and Gaia provide an opportunity for the first robust upper limits on the energy supplies of extraterrestrial civilizations, both for stars in the Galaxy and for other galaxies. JWST will provide the MIR spectroscopy necessary to identify the origin of infrared excesses, advancing both traditional astronomy and searches for technosignatures.
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