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Swift Mission Ends After Years of Cosmic Discoveries

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 23 October 2026, 21:51 UTC ·11 sec listen

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission after atmospheric drag at its low orbit made steady telescope observations impossible. Its final observation came October 20, after years of studying gamma-ray bursts and other cosmic events.

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