Post #3495692
2025-10-06 13:21 UTC
Update. Here's another good example of reusing old data for a new purpose. Scientists digitized old microfilm data from the 1978 Pioneer probe to Venus, and used it to show that Venusian clouds are about 60% water.
* primary source
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2024JE008582
* summary
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/venus-clouds-are-60-water-according-to-reanalyzed-pioneer-data
#Astronomy #OpenData #OpenScience
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@petersuber@fediscience.org 2026-04-21 14:29
Update. This article in Nature makes the case that reusing #OpenData for new purposes is a good solution for "cash-strapped and early-career researchers" who don't have the means to generate their own. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00434-x True enough. But it undervalues the utility of past data for all relevant new projects, even well-funded new projects. The present thread gives some examples. Open data are not only, and not even primarily, for the indigent. They're for the savvy, those who notice their relevance, regardless of means. #Data #ECR #Funding #OpenScience #Reuse #ScholComm