{
  "id": 18252396,
  "title": "NASA's Swift space telescope plunges back to Earth in fiery demise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nasas-swift-space-telescope-plunges-back-to-earth-in-fiery-demise-18252396",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T04:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deutsche Welle Science",
    "slug": "deutsche-welle-science",
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/nasa-s-swift-space-telescope-plunges-back-to-earth-in-fiery-demise/a-79859805?maca=en-rss-en-science-4552-rdf"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NASA's Swift orbital observatory fell back to Earth after running its mission for more than two decades. A rescue attempt to raise its sinking orbit had earlier failed.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Science",
        "title": "NASA's 3,200-pound Swift telescope expected to fall to Earth imminently",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nasas-3-200-pound-swift-telescope-expected-to-fall-to-earth-imminently",
        "published": "2026-11-04T12:11:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation",
        "title": "NASA’s Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed – here’s why it’s so hard to boost a satellite",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nasas-swift-telescope-has-burned-up-months-after-a-robot-sent-to-save",
        "published": "2026-11-04T20:09:29.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}