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ScienceNASA's 22-year-old Swift telescope burns up after leaving orbit

NASA said its Swift satellite telescope left orbit as expected on Wednesday and burned up in Earth's atmosphere over Indonesia. It spent more than two decades studying the most powerful known energy blasts in the cosmos.

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RReuters★★☆☆☆2026-11-04 23:30Original

NASA's 22-year-old Swift telescope burns up after leaving orbit
NASA's 22-year-old Swift telescope burns up after leaving orbitScience