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In the May 20 issue of Astrophysical Journal (vol. 967 #1):

S. Liu, W. M. Wood-Vasey, R. Armstrong et al. Testing the LSST Difference Image Analysis Pi… a10 ad3635
Huang, Z. Toth, G. Gombosi, T. I. et al. Interaction between a Coronal Mass Ejection and Co… a43 ad3c42

The imminent Vera Rubin Observatory will have pixels upon pixels upon pixels, just as Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko had (per Rosetta) gas atom upon gas molecule upon dust grain upon dust conglomerate upon cometesimal upon boulder. It’s a rich resource for anyone willing to mine the data. Anyone longing for ‘the good ol’ days’ of vidicon tubes, S-band comm, and magnetic tape archiving doesn’t know how good we now have it.

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