Celebrating National Mentoring Month With SWE
Every January, National Mentoring Month recognizes the role of mentors and their impact on the personal and professional development of mentees. Source
Colliding Spiral Galaxies from Webb and Hubble
Photo of the Day Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain. Until then, spiral galaxies NGC 2207 and IC 2163 will slowly pull each other apart, creating tides of matter, sheets of shocked gas, lanes of dark dust, bursts of star formation, and streams of cast-away stars. The [...]
Rocket Launch as Seen from the International Space Station
Photo of the Day Have you ever seen a rocket launch -- from space? A close inspection of the featured time-lapse video will reveal a rocket rising to Earth orbit as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The Russian Soyuz-FG rocket was launched in November 2018 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying [...]
SWE’s Third Virtual Event in Mexico: Fostering Women’s Collaboration
Read the highlights from SWE's Mexico’s third installment of their virtual event series, featuring keynotes, panel discussions, and networking. Source
Alpha Centauri: The Closest Star System
Photo of the Day The closest star system to the Sun is the Alpha Centauri system. Of the three stars in the system, the dimmest -- called Proxima Centauri -- is actually the nearest star. The bright stars Alpha Centauri A and B form a close binary as they are separated by only 23 [...]
The Twisted Disk of NGC 4753
Photo of the Day What do you think this is? Here’s a clue: it's bigger than a bread box. Much bigger. The answer is that pictured NGC 4753 is a twisted disk galaxy, where unusual dark dust filaments provide clues about its history. No one is sure what happened, but a leading model holds [...]
Methane Bubbles Frozen in Lake Baikal
Photo of the Day What are these bubbles frozen into Lake Baikal? Methane. Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Russia, is the world's largest (by volume), oldest, and deepest lake, containing over 20% of the world's fresh water. The lake is also a vast storehouse of methane, a greenhouse gas that, if [...]
NASA 2025: To the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Preparing to orbit and do science on the Moon, investigating how solar wind interacts with Mars, and demonstrating quiet supersonic flight are just a FEW of the milestones we have planned for 2025. To learn more about the missions mentioned in this highlight video, take a deep dive into these links: [0:09] Artemis II Mission: [...]
Fox Fur, Cone, and Christmas Tree
Photo of the Day What do the following things have in common: a cone, the fur of a fox, and a Christmas tree? Answer: they all occur in the constellation of the Unicorn (Monoceros). Considered as a star forming region and cataloged as NGC 2264, the complex jumble of cosmic gas and dust is [...]
Embracing Technology for Impactful Change
Nancy Sun reflects on her 20+ year career in tech and shares how she used her engineering background to support neurodivergent children — including her own. Source