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Why the Swift telescope was so special

NASA’s formidable gamma-ray burst hunter is doomed to soon reenter Earth’s atmosphere, leaving a glaring gap in our view of the high-energy sky

  • Swift telescope detected nearly 2,000 gamma-ray bursts over 22 years
  • Swift pinpointed GRB locations within seconds, aiding follow-up observations
  • No other space mission combines Swift's rapid response capabilities

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