Photo of the Day Big, bright, and beautiful, spiral galaxy M83 lies a mere twelve million light-years away, near the southeastern tip of the very long constellation Hydra. About 40,000 light-years across, M83 is known as the Southern Pinwheel for its pronounced spiral arms. But the wealth of reddish star forming regions found near [...]
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2024 WE Local Collegiate Competition awards! Find their names and learn more about their research in this article. Source
Hear from Vandana about her eight year journey as a SWE global ambassador, including her immense passion for getting involved and her innate desire to lead and create change. Source
As part of the Public Policy Affinity Group’s spotlight, learn more about this collegiate section’s civic engagement events and SWE’s Lobbying Committee. Source
Uzoma Ochulor left the workforce for a year to earn a master’s degree that upskilled her career for the future. Read her story and learn more about SWE’s reentry resources for engineers. Source
Photo of the Day What's happening in the sky this unusual night? Most striking in the featured 4.5-hour 360-degree panoramic video, perhaps, is the pink and purple aurora. That's because this night, encompassing May 11, was famous for its auroral skies around the world. As the night progresses, auroral bands shimmer, the central band [...]
Meet FY25 SWE President Karen Roth and hear FY24 SWE President Alexis McKittrick's favorite memories and experiences from her term in this episode of Diverse: a SWE podcast. Source
oSTEM shares the importance of LGBTQ+ resource centers on university campuses and provides actionable tips to support LGBTQ+ students and professionals in STEM. Source
Photo of the Day What if we could see back to the beginning of the universe? We could see galaxies forming. But what did galaxies look like back then? These questions took a step forward recently with the release of the analysis of a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) image that included the most [...]
Photo of the Day What creates Saturn's colors? The featured picture of Saturn only slightly exaggerates what a human would see if hovering close to the giant ringed world. The image was taken in 2005 by the robot Cassini spacecraft that orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Here Saturn's majestic rings appear directly only [...]
