This reminds me of The Expanse (Nemesis Games). In the future (~2300s), they use an "expert system" to recreate images of stars obscured by dust clouds. It crea

This reminds me of The Expanse (Nemesis Games). In the future (~2300s), they use an "expert system" to recreate images of stars obscured by dust clouds. It creates a "computational lens that couldn't exist in the physical world". In one instance, the main characters use this technology to recreate images from a hand-terminal (smartphone) whose screen has been shattered. Relevant excerpt: https://books.google.com/books?id=A_-zBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT239&ots=ZJ-J11PEam&dq=Nemesis%20Games%20expert%20system&pg=PT181#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=A_-zBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT239&ots... Read the paragraph after the lightning bolt. Genuinely excited about the applications of this technology to astronomy.