Showing Up Where It Counts: A California SWE Member’s Day on Capitol Hill
One SWE member travels across the country to participate in SWE's Congressional Outreach Days. Source
Gateway Close-up – Orion spacecraft
The Orion spacecraft docked to the Gateway space station. Orion will visit Gateway for the first time on the Artemis IV mission when astronauts will use it to deliver the International Habitat (I-Hab) module to Gateway. Orion will return to Gateway to deliver additional elements on Artemis V and VI. [...]
NGC 3310: A Starburst Spiral Galaxy
Photo of the Day The party is still going on in spiral galaxy NGC 3310. Roughly 100 million years ago, NGC 3310 likely collided with a smaller galaxy causing the large spiral galaxy to light up with a tremendous burst of star formation. The changing gravity during the collision created density waves that compressed [...]
Orion and the Moon on Flight Day 2
art002e004429 (April 3, 2026) - The Artemis II crew is en route to the Moon on the second flight day of the mission. This photo shows the Orion spacecraft with the Moon in the distance, as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings. [...]
Caught in the Web: Visualization of a Black Hole Merger in the Tarantula Nebula
Photo of the Day How can we see what is invisible? Black holes are not easy to see in the dark cosmic night, but astronomers can find them by analyzing their gravitational effects on matter, light and spacetime. The featured image shows an illustration that combines a simulation of a black hole binary system [...]
Liftoff! Returning to the Moon
Photo of the Day We are one small step closer to returning to the Moon. A new chapter in human exploration began yesterday when NASA's Artemis II launched aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) from Kennedy Space Center. Carrying four astronauts, the Orion spacecraft's planned lunar flyby will be the first in over half [...]
Eshé Pickett: The Computer Scientist Who Built Her Own Community
From coding in a high school pilot class to designing technology that shapes society, Eshé Pickett shows how mentorship and determination can open doors in STEM. Source
SWE Celebrates National Arab American Heritage Month
Browse through our curated list of podcast episodes, blog posts, and magazine articles highlighting the Arab American community. Source
From Conference to Career: One SWE Member’s Journey
How Mackenzie Tobertga turned her WE conference experience into a career opportunity. Source
The Claw and Bubble Nebulae
Photo of the Day What unexpected things do you see when you look up at the night sky? Today’s image resembles an abstract painting, with large swaths of color strewn across a cosmic canvas seemingly without design. Despite the image's abstract nature, the human mind finds patterns, identifying a large claw reaching up towards [...]