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21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Science
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NASA telescope predicted to plunge back to Earth after failed rescue mission
Years of intense solar activity dragged Swift down faster than usual
An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower.
The U.S. Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday.
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Observatory → predict → Friday
Most of the 1.5-ton telescope is expected to burn up in the atmosphere.
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Most → expect → atmosphere
But a handful of pieces made of denser-than-lead tungsten and some mirror parts could survive re-entry, according to NASA's Brad Cenko, the mission's chief scientist.
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handful → make → Cenko
Any surviving wreckage will most likely plunge into the ocean.
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wreckage → survive → ocean
The Space Force is tracking the telescope's dwindling path.
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Force → track → path
Its cosmic cremation has the Swift team mourning yet full of gratitude for the observations the telescope made during its 22 years in orbit.
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telescope → have → orbit
Swift blasted off on Nov. 20, 2004, to search for some of the biggest explosions in the universe: gamma ray bursts and supernovas.
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Swift → blast → universe
Workers look at the final pieces of protective cover on the Swift spacecraft that must be removed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in September 2002.
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that → look → September
"We've known this day would come since before Swift was launched.
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Swift → know → ?
At least in low-Earth orbit, what goes up must come down.
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goes → go → orbit
And that end is catastrophic," said Pennsylvania State University's John Nousek, an astronomer who led the control team.
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who → say → team
Intense solar activity over the past few years dragged Swift down faster than usual.
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activity → drag → Swift
NASA hired Katalyst Space a year ago to mount a rush rescue.
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NASA → hire → rescue
But the company's three-armed robot named Link ran into trouble after launching in July and got no closer than 12 to 15 kilometres to the telescope.
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robot → name → telescope
Link plunged back to Earth in September.
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Link → plunge → September
Swift resumed observations once the rescue attempt was called off, discovering even more gamma ray bursts and other ultra high-energy events.
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attempt → resume → bursts
But by late October, the telescope was too low to remain steady for observations, and its systems were shut down.
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systems → remain → observations
The telescope's superpower was its ability to swivel swiftly — thus its name — toward erupting celestial events.
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superpower → swivel → events
NASA considered Swift a first responder for the Hubble and Webb space telescopes and others that would follow its alerts and provide deeper investigations.
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that → consider → investigations
Scientists are still figuring out how to fill the gap.
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Scientists → figure → gap
"Our fervent hope is that the lessons learned by the successes of Swift can be applied to new generations of space missions to accelerate our discoveries about the universe," Nousek said in an email.
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Nousek → learn → email
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