{
  "id": 4864690,
  "title": "NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/nasas-swift-telescope-is-back-but-time-is-running-out",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-01T05:43:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260901010702.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "NASA has brought two of Swift’s telescopes back online after technical problems derailed a commercial mission intended to rescue the aging observatory by raising its orbit. With atmospheric drag pulling the spacecraft downward faster than expected, scientists may have only another month or two before Swift falls below a critical operating altitude.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}