Fraction of giant impacts (GI) occurring around A-, G-, and M-stars that can be detected by LIFE and ELT.Here, we only consider the IWA of the instruments without taking into account the effect of the planetary atmosphere and the exposure time. The positions of the colored data points on the x-axis correspond to the distances of the young stellar associations in Table 1. The orbital range that can be resolved by a telescope decreases with increasing distance from the Sun. Hence, the fraction of giant impacts that can be detected is smaller for stellar associations located farther away. Due to its smaller IWA, and thus higher angular resolution, LIFE can image higher fractions of impacts.