I recently went to a talk where the researcher was able to derive the location and size of starspots (a.k.a sunspots here on the sun) from the Kepler data [1].

I recently went to a talk where the researcher was able to derive the location and size of starspots (a.k.a sunspots here on the sun) from the Kepler data [1]. It just amazes me the amount of information you can derive from a single pixel of light dimming in and out. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7jsYA6oJ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf7jsYA6oJ8