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  "title": "Nasa telescope launched in 2004 to plunge back to Earth after failed rescue mission",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/nasa-telescope-launched-in-2004-to-plunge-back-to-earth-after-failed",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-03T19:50:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/nov/03/nasa-telescope-neil-gehrels-swift-observatory"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday, burning up in the process Nasa’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has spent two decades studying the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, is expected to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, burning up in the process. The satellite, which was designed to operate with its three telescopes for just…",
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        "outlet": "Live Science",
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        "title": "NASA's Swift observatory is expected to return to Earth on November 4",
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        "published": "2026-11-03T12:41:51.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "NASA's Voyager 1 set to script history: Farthest human-made object to reach one light-day from Earth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/nasas-voyager-1-set-to-script-history-farthest-human-made-object-to",
        "published": "2026-11-03T13:01:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "‘Swift’ telescope to crash into Earth after NASA rescue attempt fails",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/swift-telescope-to-crash-into-earth-after-nasa-rescue-attempt-fails",
        "published": "2026-11-03T13:16:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "Meet Bengaluru-born Ramya Anche, leading NASA's $20m telescope mission",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/meet-bengaluru-born-ramya-anche-leading-nasas-20m-telescope-mission",
        "published": "2026-11-03T14:13:03.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Verge",
        "title": "A truck-sized NASA space telescope is about to crash to Earth",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/a-truck-sized-nasa-space-telescope-is-about-to-crash-to-earth",
        "published": "2026-11-03T14:17:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "A 3,200-pound NASA spacecraft could fall to Earth tonight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/a-3-200-pound-nasa-spacecraft-could-fall-to-earth-tonight",
        "published": "2026-11-03T18:56:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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