<div dir="ltr">Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription.<br><br>NASA’s Attempt to Save Its Falling Telescope Has Failed<br><br>NASA’s Swift Observatory, which studies some of the most powerful explosions in the universe, will soon burn up in the atmosphere.<br><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/science/nasa-swift-telescope-failed-rescue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.mUGp.5xLT6UUs7zkj&smid=em-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/science/nasa-swift-telescope-failed-rescue.html?unlocked_article_code=1.61A.mUGp.5xLT6UUs7zkj&smid=em-share</a></div>