NASA launches a pioneering mission to rescue the Swift telescope and showcase next‑gen robotic satellite servicing. NASA has lifted off a pioneering project that could reshape how we maintain satellites while safeguarding one of the most productive...

NASA’s rescue of the aging Swift telescope hits a snag as Link spacecraft suffers critical hardware failures in orbit. NASA’s plan to revive the Swift space telescope has hit a significant snag after the Link servicing spacecraft suffered hardware...

Katalyst Space’s LINK spacecraft hits a recovery milestone as it readies for a planned orbital boost to NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. Katalyst Space announced that its LINK spacecraft has successfully slowed its uncontrolled spin, a critical...

NASA observatory faces a fiery end, leaving behind a remarkable legacy of groundbreaking cosmic images. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is entering the final chapter of its two-decade mission, yet the veteran spacecraft continues to provide critical...

has ended in failure, stalling just miles from its target destination. After a five-month hiatus, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has returned to its primary mission, scanning the heavens for the universe’s most violent phenomena. On September 18,...

More than two decades after its launch, NASA’s Swift observatory is losing altitude and faces a critical deadline. The agency is preparing an unprecedented rescue effort – a newly built spacecraft will rendezvous with Swift, lift it to a safer orbit,...

NASA and Katalyst Space to test satellite servicing tech extending Swift Observatory’s lifespan NASA is gearing up for a mission that could reshape how spacecraft are serviced once they are in orbit. The agency’s upcoming partnership with Katalyst...

NASA’s Swift mission successfully tested innovative spacecraft servicing techniques, offering critical insights for the future of orbital operations. NASA has released a comprehensive review of the Swift boost mission, an ambitious endeavor that sought...

Katalyst Space is utilizing its Swift mission to test close-range rendezvous maneuvers, paving the way for future robotic satellite servicing capabilities. Katalyst Space is nearing the final stages of its ambitious effort to reach NASA’s Neil Gehrels...

NASA’s Swift-protecting spacecraft encounters a critical glitch, prompting engineers to work nonstop to restore full control. A newly launched spacecraft intended to extend the scientific reach of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory encountered an...

After two decades of tracking the universe’s most violent events, NASA’s Swift telescope faces an uncertain future following a failed rescue mission. NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a veteran space telescope that spent two decades unraveling the...

Jonathan Swift’s 1726 Gulliver’s Travels featured a fictional knowledge machine that mirrors modern debates over the reliability of AI chatbots. Jonathan Swift’s 1726 masterpiece, Gulliver’s Travels, remains a landmark of political and social satire,...

Rare Swift J1727.8−1613 observation shows black holes can eject most of the material they consume long after an outburst fades. A recent investigation using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has shown that a black hole can...

the night sky. August 2026 Promises a Brilliant Perseids Spectacle When Earth journeys through the trail left by comet 109P/Swift‑Tuttle this August, sky‑watchers worldwide can expect a cascade of luminous streaks. The annual Perseids, renowned for...

a wandering supermassive black hole, offering a fresh method to hunt these elusive cosmic giants. Astronomers using NASA’s Swift Observatory together with a worldwide network of telescopes have recorded a brilliant outburst that marks a supermassive...

two decades of observation. Led by Sarah Ketchum of the University of Michigan, the team utilized long-term data from NASA’s Swift X-ray Telescope to track the activity of the black hole, which anchors the Perseus Cluster. Tracking a Cosmic Eruption...

a potential link between intense X-ray outbursts and subsequent radio emissions. By analyzing long-term data from NASA’s Swift observatory, researchers identified a significant time delay of approximately 300 days between a record-breaking X-ray flare...

at a redshift of 3.51, placing its origin deep in the early Universe. The collaboration utilized data gathered by NASA’s Swift observatory and the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, alongside numerous optical and near-infrared facilities around the world,...

from a colossal explosion that took place during the universe’s infancy, less than a billion years after the Big Bang. Swift global coordination among space-based and ground-based observatories allowed astronomers to pinpoint the event, now designated...

assets, including the James Webb Space Telescope, the Hubble Space Telescope, the IXPE polarimetry mission, the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, and NuSTAR. According to NASA, merging these distinct data sets provides a comprehensive view of how galaxies...