Aspect Aerospace secures early funding to advance swarm-deployable VLEO satellites

Aspect Aerospace, a University of South Alabama spin-off, has secured $2.4 million to develop circuit-board-sized spacecraft that could be deployed from space into very low Earth orbit in swarms to monitor the space environment.
The science of how fireflies stay in sync
Engineers have uncovered the mathematical rules fireflies follow to sync up their flashes.
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