Quality Engineers Help Protect What Matters Most at Resideo
Kavita Kalathoor reflects on her career as a quality engineer and highlights the thoroughness and creativity of hands-on testing at Resideo. Source
From Mechanical Engineer to Project Leader: Lessons from My Journey as a First-Generation Woman in STEM
Mary Seelam shares what she wishes she knew when she started her STEM career, plus what she wants to share with other first-gen women carving out their path in engineering. Source
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Photo of the Day Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light would suddenly have appeared in the night sky and faded after a few weeks. Today we know this light was from a supernova, or exploding star, and record the expanding debris cloud as the Veil Nebula, [...]
Congratulations to the 2025-2026 SWE Scholarship Recipients!
SWE is proud to award over 330 scholarships totaling more than $1.5 million to undergraduate and graduate engineering students for the 2025–2026 academic year. Source
October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO!
4 Min Read October’s Night Sky Notes: Let’s Go, LIGO! An artist’s impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credits: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL by Kat Troche of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific September 2025 marks ten years since the first direct detection of gravitational waves as predicted by Albert Einstein’s 1916 theory [...]
NASA, Blue Origin Invite Media to Attend Mars Mission Launch
A stylized illustration shows the twin ESCAPADE spacecraft entering Mars’ orbit.Credits: James Rattray/Rocket Lab USA NASA and Blue Origin are reopening media accreditation for the launch of the agency’s ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) mission. The twin ESCAPADE spacecraft will study the solar wind’s interaction with Mars, providing insight into the planet’s [...]
NASA Draws Closer to Artemis II Rocket Completion with Newest Addition
The Orion stage adapter connects the upper stage to the Orion spacecraft, isolates the spacecraft from hazardous gases, deploys small science satellites, and will be used in a maneuvering test during the Artemis II mission. NASA NASA integrated the Artemis II Orion stage adapter with the rest of the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket on [...]
NASA, International Partners Deepen Commitment to Artemis Accords
Representatives of the Artemis Accords signatories, including acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy and NASA Associate Administrator Amit Kshatriya, met Sept. 29, 2025, for a principals meeting during the 76th International Astronautical Congress in Sydney. Credit: NASA/Max van Otterdyk NASA, along with leaders from global space agencies and government representatives worldwide, convened on Monday to [...]
What’s Up: October 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network A supermoon, and meteor showers from the Draconids and Orionids A supermoon takes over the sky, the Draconid meteor shower peeks through, and the Orionid meteor shower shines bright. Skywatching Highlights Oct. 6: The [...]
Helio Highlights: October 2025
Explore This Section Science Science Activation Helio Highlights: October… Home Framework for Heliophysics Education About Helio Big Idea 1.1 Helio Big Idea 1.2 Helio Big Idea 1.3 Helio Big Idea 2.1 Helio Big Idea 2.2 Helio Big Idea 2.3 Helio Big Idea 3.1 Helio Big Idea 3.2 Helio Big Idea 3.3 Helio Missions Helio [...]