NASA's Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct. 20, 2026, while orbiting about 171 miles (275 ...

NASA's 22-year-old Swift satellite telescope falls from orbit in fiery finale

NASA's Swift satellite telescope, which spent two decades studying the most powerful known blasts ​of energy in the cosmos, tumbled out of orbit as expected on Wednesday and burned up in Earth's ...

NASA’s Swift Observatory has burned up in the atmosphere – the indispensable telescope helped astronomers track fast‑moving events in space

The Swift Observatory allowed astronomers to study events that happen quickly in the universe, such as stars exploding.
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NASA’s Swift telescope has a fiery, final homecoming

The observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission ...
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NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reenters over Western Indonesia

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory plummeted back into Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday over western Indonesia, ending nearly ...

NASA's 22-year-old Swift Satellite to fall-back-to Earth on November 4; Will any parts survive the fiery re-entry?

NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is heading towards an uncontrolled atmospheric re-entry on November 4, nearly 22 years ...

A 3,200-pound NASA observatory plunged back to Earth. Here’s what to know

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to meet its fiery end early Wednesday morning nearly 22 years after its ...

A NASA Telescope Has Crashed Back to Earth

The space agency estimated that there was a one-in-2,100 chance that debris from the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory could ...