Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month With SWE
View our compilation of online stories and resources highlighting the Hispanic community and their contributions to STEM. Source
Why Engineers Make Great Lawyers
Patent engineer Marguerite Smith shares how engineering skills can translate into a career in intellectual property law. Source
Up from the Earth: Gigantic Jet Lightning
Photo of the Day What's that rising up from the Earth? When circling the Earth on the International Space Station early in July, astronaut Nicole Ayers saw an unusual type of lightning rising up from the Earth: a gigantic jet. The powerful jet appears near the center of the featured image in red, white, [...]
IRAS 04302: Butterfly Disk Planet Formation
Photo of the Day This butterfly can hatch planets. The nebula fanning out from the star IRAS 04302+2247 may look like the wings of a butterfly, while the vertical brown stripe down the center may look like the butterfly's body -- but together they indicate an active planet-forming system. The featured picture was captured [...]
All the Water on Planet Earth
Photo of the Day How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent of Earth's surface, these oceans are shallow compared to the Earth's radius. The featured illustration shows what would happen if all of the water on or near the surface of [...]
The Dawn of Agentic AI: Insights From the SWE Pune Affiliate’s Prajna Webinar Series
Shweta Mani Ashok discussed the evolution of AI, the future of intelligent systems, and the real-world impacts. Source
SWE Mexico’s Fourth Virtual Event: “Historias que Inspiran – Construyendo el Futuro”
Read all the highlights of SWE Mexico’s fourth virtual event, featuring uplifting speakers celebrating the growth of women’s participation across the country. Source
Cir X-1: Jets in the Africa Nebula
Photo of the Day How soon do jets form when a supernova gives birth to a neutron star? The Africa Nebula provides clues. This supernova remnant surrounds Circinus X-1, an X-ray emitting neutron star and the companion star it orbits. The image, from the ThunderKAT collaboration on the MeerKAT radio telescope situated in South [...]
The Horsehead and Flame Nebulas
Photo of the Day The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the dark indentation to the orange emission nebula at the far right of the featured picture. The horse-head feature is dark because it is really an opaque dust cloud that lies in front [...]