# NASA’s Swift telescope plunges back to Earth

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1 outlet covering · First listed: Scientific American, Nov 4, 2026, 10:45 AM · Read it: <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-swift-telescope-plunges-back-to-earth/>

The observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this year

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- Nov 4, 2026, 10:45 AM: [NASA’s Swift telescope plunges back to Earth](<https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasas-swift-telescope-plunges-back-to-earth/>) — Scientific American (Magazine, United States)
  The observatory had spent decades studying powerful cosmic explosions and was the target of an unsuccessful rescue mission earlier this year