Photo of the Day What happens if a star gets too close to a black hole? The black hole can rip it apart -- but how? It's not the high gravitational attraction itself that's the problem -- it's the difference in gravitational pull across the star that creates the destruction. In the featured animated [...]
Photo of the Day This colorized and sharpened image of the Sun is composed of frames recording emission from hydrogen atoms in the solar chromosphere on May 15. Approaching the maximum of solar cycle 25, a multitude of active regions and twisting, snake-like solar filaments are seen to sprawl across the surface of the [...]
Dr. Jessica Ventura reflects on her experiences in SWE’s FY24 Academic Leadership for Women in Engineering (ALWE) Program. Source
Dr. Jayshree Seth and Dr. Amanda Diekman share how they bridged the industry-academia divide to develop resources that support women and minoritized individuals in STEM. Source
Each month throughout the year, we'll be spotlighting a SWE Affinity Group. We are excited to highlight SWE's LGBTQ+ & Allies Affinity Group! Source
Find toolkits, guides, and stories to recognize the LGBTQ+ community throughout June and beyond. Source
Learn about Blanca Rosa Navarro Piedra's work to advance women engineers in Costa Rica on this podcast episode! Source
Photo of the Day Why is the sky near Antares and Rho Ophiuchi so colorful, yet dusty? The colors result from a mixture of objects and processes. Fine dust -- illuminated by starlight -- produces blue reflection nebulae. Gaseous clouds whose atoms are excited by ultraviolet starlight produce reddish emission nebulae. Backlit dust clouds [...]
Photo of the Day Is the Lion Nebula the real ruler of the constellation Cepheus? This powerful feline appearing nebula is powered by two massive stars, each with a mass over 20 times greater than our Sun. Formed from shells of ionized gas that have expanded, the nebula's energetic matter not only glows, but [...]
Photo of the Day What is that light in the sky? The answer to one of humanity's more common questions may emerge from a few quick observations. For example -- is it moving or blinking? If so, and if you live near a city, the answer is typically an airplane, since planes are so [...]
