From Engineer to Ecosystem Builder: Advancing Women in STEM Beyond Borders
Global Women Engineers Affinity Group member Abosede Adewole reflects on supporting engineers across borders. Source
Black Holes and Neutron Stars: 218 Mergers and Counting
Photo of the Day What is the sound of two black holes merging in deep space? Sound waves don't propagate in vacuum, but gravitational waves do. In 2015 we were able to "hear" them for the first time and confirm one of Albert Einstein's theoretical predictions. Each square on the grid of the featured [...]
The Guardians of Rapa Nui beneath the Milky Way
Photo of the Day In the words of today's astrophotographer, Rositsa Dimitrova, "What have these silent sentinels watched pass across the sky?" The volcanic mo'ai (meaning statue) of Ahu Tongariki stand guard over Rapa Nui (Isla de Pascua, Easter Island), a Polynesian island (annexed by Chile in 1888) located thousands of kilometers off the [...]
Light Pillars and Orion over Mohe
Photo of the Day What's happening at the end of that street? Pictured here are not auroras but light pillars, a phenomenon typically much closer. In most places on Earth, a lucky viewer can see a Sun pillar, a column of light appearing to extend up from the Sun caused by flat fluttering ice-crystals [...]
Galaxies in the River: NGC 1300 and NGC 1297
Photo of the Day Spiral NGC 1300 and elliptical NGC 1297 are galaxies that lie on the banks of the southern constellation Eridanus (The River). At 70 million light-years distant or more, both are members of the Eridanus Galaxy Cluster. About 100,000 light-years across, at lower left in this sharp, galaxy group photo NGC [...]
Spring Equinox at Teide Observatory
Photo of the Day The defining astronomical moment of the equinox today is at 14:46 UTC (March 20). That's when the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving north in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky, marking the beginning of spring for our fair planet in the northern hemisphere and fall in the southern [...]
The Questions Rachel Carson Taught Me to Ask
American biologist and writer Rachel Carson’s curiosity and advocacy transformed our view of the environment and industrial progress. How can we carry forward her vision of a world where humans and nature coexist? Source
SWE Global Ambassador Spotlight: Abasibiangake Iniobong Udoh
Read about the strong community Abas has found with SWE and her journey towards founding a new affiliate in Nigeria. Source
Cygnus and the Solitary Tree
Photo of the Day A lone tree stands in a quiet meadow in Guadalajara, Spain, silhouetted against the Cygnus region rising above like flames in the night sky. This deep night skyscape is a composite of exposures that reveals a range of brightness and color human eyes can't quite see on their own. Spanning [...]
SWENext Tips: Applying for SWE Scholarships
Calling all high school seniors! Scholarship application season is here. Source