How I Learned to Advocate for Myself as a Woman in Engineering
Mary Seelam shares lessons from her personal journey in STEM on negotiating, speaking up, and building confidence. Source
Marie Laplante: The Dancing Chemical Engineer Who Reached for the Stars
From twirling in the ballet studio to troubleshooting chemical plants, Marie Laplante has embraced a sense of curiosity and adventure throughout her STEM career. Source
Long Shadows of the Montes Caucasus
Photo of the Day When the Moon is at its first quarter phase, the Sun rises along the Montes Caucasus as seen from the lunar surface. The lunar mountain range casts the magnificent, spire-like shadows in this telescopic view from planet Earth, looking along the lunar terminator or the boundary between lunar night and [...]
Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini
Photo of the Day Jupiter, the Solar System's ruling gas giant, is the brightest celestial beacon at the center of this composite night skyscape. The scene was constructed by selecting the 40 exposures containing meteors from about 500 exposures made on the nights of December 13 and 14, near peak activity for this year's [...]
Year in Review: Explore SWE’s Highlights of 2025
As the year comes to an end, here’s a recap of some of the Society’s achievements and impact from 2025. Source
Andromeda and Sprites over Australia
Photo of the Day What’s happening over that tree? Two very different things. On the left is the Andromeda galaxy, an object that is older than humanity and will last billions of years into the future. Andromeda (M31) is similar in size and shape to our own Milky Way Galaxy. On the right is [...]
From Student to Recruiting Engineer: Takeaways From SWE’s Annual Conferences
Draper engineer Kelsey Jones reflects on how she found new opportunities and overcame imposter syndrome by participating in SWE’s annual conference. Source
Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains
Photo of the Day Where are all of these meteors coming from? In terms of direction on the sky, the pointed answer is the constellation of Gemini. That is why the major meteor shower in December is known as the Geminids -- because shower meteors all appear to come from a radiant toward Gemini. [...]
Juno Flyby of Ganymede and Jupiter
Photo of the Day What would it be like to fly over the largest moon in the Solar System? In 2021, the robotic Juno spacecraft flew past Jupiter's huge moon Ganymede and took images that have been digitally constructed into a detailed flyby. As the featured video begins, Juno swoops over the two-toned surface [...]
Orion and the Ocean of Storms
Photo of the Day On December 5, 2022, a camera on board the uncrewed Orion spacecraft captured this view as Orion approached its return powered flyby of the Moon. Beyond one of Orion's extended solar arrays lies dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum. Prominent on the lunar nearside Oceanus [...]