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Clouds and the Golden Moon

By |2025-07-12T13:44:25-04:00July 12th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day As the Sun set, a bright Full Moon rose on July 10. Its golden light illuminates clouds drifting through southern hemisphere skies in this well-composed telephoto image from Conceição do Coité, Bahia, Brazil. The brightest lunar phase is captured here with both a short and long exposure. The two exposures [...]

The Pleiades in Red and Blue

By |2025-07-08T12:44:45-04:00July 8th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day If you have looked at the sky and seen a group of stars about the size of the full Moon, that's the Pleiades (M45). Perhaps the most famous star cluster in the sky, its brightest stars can be seen even from the light-polluted cities. But your unaided eye can also [...]

Building Relationships With SWENext Clubs: Highlights From the FY25 PCES Outreach Challenge #2

By |2025-07-07T15:29:00-04:00July 7th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

SWE Global Ambassador Kannagi Kumari shares how two collegiate SWE sections are building meaningful relationships with SWENext Clubs. Source

Finding My Voice, Building My Path: My Journey With SWE’s Collegiate Leadership Institute (CLI)

By |2025-07-07T10:40:00-04:00July 7th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Esther Omoyiwola reflects on the growth and unforgettable moments that shaped her leadership journey through SWE’s Collegiate Leadership Institute. Source

The Spiral North Pole of Mars

By |2025-07-06T12:44:31-04:00July 6th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day Why is there a spiral around the North Pole of Mars? Each winter this pole develops a new outer layer about one meter thick composed of carbon dioxide frozen out of the thin Martian atmosphere. This fresh layer is deposited on a water-ice layer that exists year round. Strong winds [...]

Nova V462 Lupi Now Visible

By |2025-07-03T12:44:44-04:00July 3rd, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day If you know where to look, you can see a thermonuclear explosion from a white dwarf star. Possibly two. Such explosions are known as novas and the detonations are currently faintly visible with the unaided eye in Earth's southern hemisphere -- but are more easily seen with binoculars. Pictured, Nova [...]

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