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  "id": 2408526,
  "title": "NASA scraps mission to save Swift telescope that will plunge toward Earth",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/nasa-scraps-mission-to-save-swift-telescope-that-will-plunge-toward",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T17:17:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
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    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nasa-scraps-mission-to-save-swift-telescope-that-will-plunge-toward-earth/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "NASA is pivoting from a mission to save the Swift telescope. CBS News' Bill Harwood explains why.",
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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."
}