{
  "id": 18330018,
  "title": "NASA's Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/nasas-swift-telescope-has-burned-up-months-after-a-robot-sent-to-save",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-05T15:40:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-nasa-swift-telescope-months-robot.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct. 20, 2026, while orbiting about 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth. NASA ended the telescope's mission three days later, because Swift had sunk so low that drag from the thin air there meant its telescopes couldn't hold steady.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-11-05T04:40:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}