Photo of the Day What are some of the most interesting astronomical objects you can see in the night sky? Armed with a good pair of binoculars or a small telescope, if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, you can look for the very popular objects in the Messier Catalog. Most of them, but [...]
Learn more about SWE's oldest living president, Patricia Brown, and how you can honor her legacy and the legacy of SWE's founders. Source
Read about the collaborative event that brought together women engineers for a day of inspiring discussion. Source
Meet the new flagship event of SWE’s precollege programming this November. Source
Photo of the Day The New General Catalog of star clusters and nebulae really isn't so new. In fact, it was published in 1888 - an effort by J. L. E. Dreyer to consolidate the work of astronomers William, Caroline, and John Herschel along with others into a useful single, complete catalog of astronomical [...]
Photo of the Day Today’s composite image features something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue! Comet R3 PanSTARRS, streaking across the right of the image, likely originated from the Oort Cloud, meaning it is an old Solar System relic from billions of years ago. It’s bright extended ion tail glows blue as [...]
For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’ve spotlighted some of the women engineers from the community making global headlines. Source
Photo of the Day These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. Luna appears so large here because she is being photographed through a telescopic lens. What is moving is mostly the Earth, whose spin causes the Moon to slowly disappear [...]
SWE is expanding its member benefits through a new partnership with PPI, a Kaplan Company, to provide discounted, high-quality FE and PE exam preparation resources that support engineers in their licensure journey. Source
Photo of the Day Orion never had a sword like this. As Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) heads out of the inner Solar System, it is putting on quite a show for long exposure cameras. Currently seen toward the constellation of Orion the Hunter, the distant Orion Nebula is visible on the upper right. Comet [...]
