2024 Year in Review: SWE’s Most Popular Content
As we bid 2024 goodbye, we compiled this roundup of our most popular podcast episodes, magazine articles, and blog posts from the year. Source
The Shells and Jets of Galaxy Centaurus A
Photo of the Day What's the closest active galaxy to planet Earth? That would be Centaurus A, cataloged as NGC 5128, which is only 12 million light-years distant. Forged in a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies, Centaurus A shows several distinctive features including a dark dust lane across its center, outer shells of [...]
AI-Driven Business Intelligence Solutions for Women Engineers
Jayashree Raja shares how women in engineering can find their place at the forefront of the AI revolution. Source
SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 292: Becoming a Better Ally: Insights From Men in Engineering
Dive into allyship and learn actionable tips to support women in engineering at the professional and collegiate levels with members of the HeForSWE Affinity Group! Source
The Great Meteor Storm of 1833
Photo of the Day It was a night of 100,000 meteors. The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 was perhaps the most impressive meteor event in recent history. Best visible over eastern North America during the pre-dawn hours of November 13, many people -- including a young Abraham Lincoln -- were woken up to see [...]
The Art of Design: Creating Harmonious Workspaces for Optimal Well-Being
Dr. Hannah Yang shares how to design an ideal home workspace that encourages productivity and creativity. Source
Pleiades: The Seven Sisters Star Cluster
Photo of the Day Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Even if you have, you probably have never seen it as large and clear as this. Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the bright stars of the Pleiades can be seen with the unaided eye even from the depths [...]
Aurora around Saturn’s North Pole
Photo of the Day Are Saturn's auroras like Earth's? To help answer this question, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Cassini spacecraft monitored Saturn's North Pole simultaneously during Cassini's final orbits around the gas giant in September 2017. During this time, Saturn's tilt caused its North Pole to be clearly visible from Earth. The [...]
Xuyi Station and the Fireball
Photo of the Day Colorful and bright, this streaking fireball meteor was captured in a single exposure taken at Purple Mountain (Tsuchinshan) Observatory’s Xuyi Station in 2020, during planet Earth's annual Perseid meteor shower. The dome in the foreground houses the China Near Earth Object Survey Telescope (CNEOST), the largest multi-purpose Schmidt telescope in [...]
Affinity Group Spotlight: HeForSWE FY25 Leadership
Each month, SWE spotlights one of our 22 Affinity Groups (AGs). As part of their spotlight month, the HeForSWE AG shares their leadership and goals. Source