Celebrating Latina Engineers: Leaders, Innovators, and Trailblazers
As part of their affinity group's spotlight month, the Latinos AG celebrates five recent Latina SWE award winners. Source
A SWAN, an ATLAS, and Mars
Photo of the Day A new visitor to the inner Solar System, comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) sports a long ion tail extending diagonally across this almost 7 degree wide telescopic field of view recorded on September 21. A fainter fellow comet also making its inner Solar System debut, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), can be spotted [...]
Leading Change: Women Driving Transformation in Construction
Sophia Gaines Mitchell and Candiece Wilson reflect on the lessons they have learned as leaders at Turner, driving impact in the construction field. Source
GW250114: Rotating Black Holes Collide
Photo of the Day It was the strongest gravitational wave signal yet measured -- what did it show? GW250114 was detected by both arms of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) in Washington and Louisiana USA earlier this year. Analysis showed that the event was created when two black holes, each of mass around [...]
The Role of Mentorship in Closing Global Gender Gaps
The key to narrowing STEM’s gender gap lies not in recruitment campaigns alone, but in relationships. Across the globe, mentoring programs reveal that when women and girls connect with role models via mentorships — persistence rises, identity strengthens, and pathways into STEM careers open wider. Source
NGC 6357: Cathedral to Massive Stars
Photo of the Day How massive can a normal star be? Estimates made from distance, brightness and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it one of the most massive stars known. This star is the brightest object located [...]
Empowering Latinas Engineers: The Power of Mentoring and Networking
As part of their spotlight month, the Latinos AG discusses the importance of connection in empowering engineers. Source
Nebulas and Clusters in Sagittarius
Photo of the Day Can you spot famous celestial objects in this image? 18th-century astronomer Charles Messier cataloged only two of them: the bright Lagoon Nebula (M8) at the bottom, and the colorful Trifid Nebula (M20) at the upper right. The one on the left that resembles a cat's paw is NGC 6559, and [...]
New Comet SWAN25B over Mexico
Photo of the Day A newly discovered comet is already visible with binoculars. The comet, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and nicknamed SWAN25B, is brightening significantly as it emerges from the Sun's direction and might soon become visible on your smartphone -- if not your eyes. Although the brightnesses of comets are notoriously hard to predict, [...]
Star Trails over One-Mile Radio Telescope
Photo of the Day The steerable 60 foot diameter dish antenna of the One-Mile Telescope at Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, UK, is pointing skyward in this evocative night-skyscape. To capture the dramatic scene, consecutive 30 second exposures were recorded over a period of 90 minutes. Combined, the exposures reveal a background of gracefully [...]