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NASA's Swift Observatory Burns Up in Earth's Atmosphere
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a gamma-ray burst telescope that operated in orbit for roughly two decades, has reentered Earth's atmosphere and burned up. The spacecraft, launched in 2004 to study cosmic explosions, ended its mission as it fell from orbit, marking the close of one of NASA's most productive astrophysics missions.
Why now: The end of a long-running and widely used astronomy mission naturally draws attention from scientists and space watchers.
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- NASA's Swift Observatory burns up in Earth's atmosphere · Live Science
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