De Swift-telescoop, in 2004 gelanceerd, heeft zoveel hoogte verloren dat NASA in sneltempo een redding op touw moest zetten.

For more than two decades, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy's fastest cosmic first responders. The space telescope has detected thousands of…

For more than two decades, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has acted as one of astronomy’s fastest responders, detecting powerful cosmic explosions and alerting telescopes…

And the Hubble Space Telescope could be next

The Swift Observatory, launched in 2004, has been falling back to Earth due to recent higher-than-usual solar activity.