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The Secret Sauce of STEM Scholarships

By |2022-10-31T13:33:00-04:00October 31st, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|

Celeste Irwin is a woman with a plan. Hard at work for nearly a decade, this gem of STEM is on track to graduate from her fourth higher education institution in 2024. Earning two Associate’s degrees and two Bachelor degrees is an amazing accomplishment—however, it is what Irwin has not acquired that has us most [...]

Waves of the Great Lacerta Nebula

By |2022-09-14T14:09:08-04:00September 14th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day It is one of the largest nebulas on the sky -- why isn't it better known? Roughly the same angular size as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Great Lacerta Nebula can be found toward the constellation of the Lizard (Lacerta). The emission nebula is difficult to see with wide-field binoculars because [...]

A Long Snaking Filament on the Sun

By |2022-09-13T14:09:52-04:00September 13th, 2022|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day rlier this month, the Sun exhibited one of the longer filaments on record. Visible as the bright curving streak around the image center, the snaking filament's full extent was estimated to be over half of the Sun's radius -- more than 350,000 kilometers long. A filament is composed of hot [...]

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