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Swift telescope crashes back to Earth over Indonesia

Summarised by Spiced Kopi · 06 November 2026, 17:34 UTC ·10 sec listen

NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory re-entered Earth’s atmosphere over Indonesia after spending 22 years in orbit. It came down after a rescue attempt failed, bringing the space telescope’s long mission to an end after decades in space.

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