SWENext Influencers: Meet Monica H.
Find out how Monica, a SWENext Influencer based in South Korea, is blending her passions for STEM and mental health to help teen girls heal their negative body image. Source
SWE Diverse Podcast Ep 291: Supporting Postpartum Engineers in the Workplace With Megan Casey
Explore how STEM leaders can foster an inclusive environment for birthing parents, plus self-advocacy tips in the postpartum period, in this new episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast! Source
Ice Clouds over a Red Planet
Photo of the Day If you could stand on Mars -- what might you see? You might look out over a vast orange landscape covered with rocks under a dusty orange sky, with a blue-tinted Sun setting over the horizon, and odd-shaped water clouds hovering high overhead. This was just the view captured last [...]
NGC 300: A Galaxy of Stars
Photo of the Day This galaxy is unusual for how many stars it seems that you can see. Stars are so abundantly evident in this deep exposure of the spiral galaxy NGC 300 because so many of these stars are bright blue and grouped into resolvable bright star clusters. Additionally, NGC 300 is so [...]
Cosmic Latte: The Average Color of the Universe
Photo of the Day What color is the universe? More precisely, if the entire sky were smeared out, what color would the final mix be? This whimsical question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in nearby galaxies. The answer, depicted here, is a conditionally perceived shade of beige. In computer [...]
Winter and Summer on a Little Planet
Photo of the Day Winter and summer appear to come on a single night to this stunning little planet. It's planet Earth of course. The digitally mapped, nadir centered panorama covers 360x180 degrees and is composed of frames recorded during January and July from the Col du Galibier in the French Alps. Stars and [...]
NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda
Photo of the Day The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy along with the galaxy's pinkish star-forming regions. Also known as M31, the spiral galaxy is a mere 2.5 million light-years away. NGC 206 is found at the center of this sharp [...]
A First-Gen Experience: Navigating Conversations With Family
As part of the First-Generation Students and Professionals Affinity Group's spotlight month, the AG discusses strategies on how first-gen women can talk to their families about their jobs/studies.
The Meteor and the Comet
Photo of the Day How different are these two streaks? The streak on the upper right is Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas showing an impressive dust tail. The comet is a large and dirty iceberg that entered the inner Solar System and is shedding gas and dust as it is warmed by the Sun's light. The streak [...]
The Sombrero Galaxy from Webb and Hubble
Photo of the Day This floating ring is the size of a galaxy. In fact, it is a galaxy -- or at least part of one: the photogenic Sombrero Galaxy is one of the largest galaxies in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. The dark band of dust that obscures the mid-section of the [...]