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Important Member Notice for Bylaws Amendment: Restructure Standing Committees

By |2025-04-18T14:14:00-04:00April 18th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

In accordance with the Society of Women Engineers Bylaws, Article XIII – AMENDMENT, this proposed bylaws amendment is being presented to the membership. The SWE Board of Directors will vote on these changes following the 45-day notice period. The amendment proposal contains the rationale and pro/con considerations. B2538: Amend SWE Bylaws – Restructure Standing Committees... [...]

Halo of the Cat’s Eye

By |2025-04-16T09:09:07-04:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created the unusual halo around the Cat's Eye Nebula? No one is sure. What is sure is that the Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) is one of the best known planetary nebulae on the sky. Although haunting symmetries are seen in the bright central region, this image was taken [...]

Planetary Nebula NGC 1514 from Webb

By |2025-04-15T09:09:06-04:00April 15th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What happens when a star runs out of nuclear fuel? For stars like our Sun, the center condenses into a white dwarf while the outer atmosphere is expelled into space to appear as a planetary nebula. The expelled outer atmosphere of planetary nebula NGC 1514 appears to be a jumble [...]

The Galactic Center in Radio from MeerKAT

By |2025-04-14T09:09:10-04:00April 14th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day What's happening at the center of our galaxy? It's hard to tell with optical telescopes since visible light is blocked by intervening interstellar dust. In other bands of light, though, such as radio, the galactic center can be imaged and shows itself to be quite an interesting and active place. [...]

An Unusual Hole in Mars

By |2025-04-13T09:09:08-04:00April 13th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Photo of the Day What created this unusual hole in Mars? Actually, there are numerous holes pictured in this Swiss cheese-like landscape, with all-but-one of them showing a dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon dioxide ice. The most unusual hole is on the upper right, spans about 100 meters, and seems to [...]

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