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The Kepler mission has opened a new domain in high-precision,
time-series photometry allowing for the wholesale detection of
planetary systems and the detailed characterization of both stars and
planets. The unprecedented quality of the data and the restricted
scope has led to the unveiling of rare astrophysical events (such as
the triple eclipses of KOI-126) and physical effects heretofore lost
in the noise (such as "Doppler Boosting" in close binaries). I
present recent results in this vein and discuss future prospects for
maximizing the scientific yield of these data.
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