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Swift can quickly and autonomously point at new events in the sky and was designed to detect, locate, and study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe. It hosts three instruments — the Burst Alert Telescope, the Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope, and the X-ray Telescope — which provide astrophysicists with a multiwavelength view of cosmic objects and occurrences.
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the Swift mission in collaboration with Pennsylvania State University in University Park, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and Northrop Grumman Space Systems in Dulles, Virginia. Other partners include the University of Leicester and Mullard Space Science Laboratory in the United Kingdom, Brera Observatory in Italy, and the Italian Space Agency.", "items": [], "extra_data": {} }, { "id": 377452, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14786/#media_group_377452", "widget": "Video player", "title": "", "caption": "", "description": "The camera pans around the Swift spacecraft in this artist’s concept. Swift then repoints three times before the animation concludes. Also available for download are frames and video with an alpha channel. \r
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There are five lines of text below it reading “Detected thousands of GRBs / Discovered the farthest GRB / Pinpointed the afterglows of short GRBs / Helped monitor the brightest GRB ever seen / Assisted in tying short GRBs to neutron star mergers.”The next box down and a little to the left is labeled “Stars” in orange text on a brown background. Five lines of text below it read “Spotted megaflares from red dwarf stars / Monitored the clashing winds of giant binary stars / Caught enormous star quakes on distant magnetars / Discovered a supernova remnant / Surveyed star formation in the nearest galaxies.”The next box down and a little more to the left is labeled “Earth” in green. The five lines of text below it read “Measured water released by comets / Analyzed an asteroid collision / Caught a comet slowing its spin / Tracked a near-Earth asteroid / Studied a Sun-grazing comet.”The last box at bottom right is labeled “Black Holes” in blue. Five lines of text below it read “Discovered new black holes / Observed monster black holes destroying stars / Used X-ray echoes to map gas around a black hole / Showed that galaxy collisions fuel their central black holes / Found a black hole repeatedly nibbling on a star.” || Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final_half.jpg (3641x2048) [1.3 MB] || Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final.jpg (7282x4096) [2.8 MB] || Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final.png (7282x4096) [10.8 MB] || Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final_half_searchweb.png (320x180) [91.4 KB] || Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final_half_thm.png (80x40) [7.4 KB] || ", "release_date": "2026-06-05T10:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2026-06-05T10:36:23-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 1204158, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a015000/a015046/Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final_half_searchweb.png", "filename": "Swift_Multitool_Infographic_Final_half_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "This infographic highlights some of the achievements of NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has become the agency’s astrophysics multitool since launching in 2004. The spacecraft studies a wide range of objects, from those near Earth, to stars, black holes, and gamma-ray bursts — the most powerful explosions in the cosmos. \rCredit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center\rAlt text: Infographic of some of Swift’s science highlights\rImage description: This infographic highlighting NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is done mostly in shades of blue except for pops of green, purple, brown and orange. A line of icon-style images, sort of like a film strip, bisects the image. The icons get smaller the further away they are, giving the sense of distance. Furthest to the left is a green Earth and a brown asteroid. Then there is a white comet, an orange star, a blue-and-white neutron star, a purple-and-black black hole, a blue-and-white spiral galaxy, a reddish nebula, and a purple gamma-ray burst.\rAt top left, text reads “Astrophysics Multitool” and “NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory.” Below that is a box labeled “Original Objectives,” with text reading “To discover and quickly localize GRBs (gamma-ray bursts) and observe their afterglows in visible, ultraviolet, and X-ray light.” The GRB text is purple, and the rest is blue. Below the box, text reads “Since launching on Nov. 20, 2004, Swift has …” \rTo the right of the film strip are four boxes. The top box is labeled “GRBs” in purple. There are five lines of text below it reading “Detected thousands of GRBs / Discovered the farthest GRB / Pinpointed the afterglows of short GRBs / Helped monitor the brightest GRB ever seen / Assisted in tying short GRBs to neutron star mergers.”\rThe next box down and a little to the left is labeled “Stars” in orange text on a brown background. Five lines of text below it read “Spotted megaflares from red dwarf stars / Monitored the clashing winds of giant binary stars / Caught enormous star quakes on distant magnetars / Discovered a supernova remnant / Surveyed star formation in the nearest galaxies.”\rThe next box down and a little more to the left is labeled “Earth” in green. The five lines of text below it read “Measured water released by comets / Analyzed an asteroid collision / Caught a comet slowing its spin / Tracked a near-Earth asteroid / Studied a Sun-grazing comet.”\rThe last box at bottom right is labeled “Black Holes” in blue. Five lines of text below it read “Discovered new black holes / Observed monster black holes destroying stars / Used X-ray echoes to map gas around a black hole / Showed that galaxy collisions fuel their central black holes / Found a black hole repeatedly nibbling on a star.”", "width": 320, "height": 180, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 15044, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/15044/", "page_type": "Produced Video", "title": "Testing for the Katalyst-NASA Swift Boost Mission", "description": "Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, stand next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. During testing in the SES, LINK fired its three ion thrusters, deployed one of its three arms, and experienced space-like hot and cold temperatures. Credit: NASA/Sophia RobertsAlt text: Two people stand next to a spacecraft inside a large black chamber.Image description: Downward-looking view of two people in white clean suits standing next to a spacecraft at the bottom of a large black circular chamber. The spacecraft lies at center on a black circular plate crisscrossed with white lines. Around the perimeter of the chamber are ladders and various stands. Several small lamps near the chamber’s floor create pools of light. There is a door open to the outside of the chamber at about 1 o’clock. || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half.jpg (4752x2672) [3.8 MB] || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5.jpg (9504x5344) [33.7 MB] || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half_searchweb.png (320x180) [77.6 KB] || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half_thm.png (80x40) [8.6 KB] || ", "release_date": "2026-05-27T09:00:00-04:00", "update_date": "2026-06-22T16:06:27-04:00", "main_image": { "id": 1204074, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a015000/a015044/Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half_searchweb.png", "filename": "Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half_searchweb.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, stand next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. During testing in the SES, LINK fired its three ion thrusters, deployed one of its three arms, and experienced space-like hot and cold temperatures. \r\rCredit: NASA/Sophia Roberts\r\rAlt text: Two people stand next to a spacecraft inside a large black chamber.\r\rImage description: Downward-looking view of two people in white clean suits standing next to a spacecraft at the bottom of a large black circular chamber. The spacecraft lies at center on a black circular plate crisscrossed with white lines. Around the perimeter of the chamber are ladders and various stands. Several small lamps near the chamber’s floor create pools of light. There is a door open to the outside of the chamber at about 1 o’clock.", "width": 320, "height": 180, "pixels": 57600 } }, { "id": 11738, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11738/", "page_type": "Infographic", "title": "Infographic: NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory", "description": "This infographic summarizes key aspects of NASA's Swift mission, from its instruments to scientific results gleaned from 20 years of operations. Swift is still going strong, and the observatory remains a key part of NASA’s strategy to monitor the changing sky with multiple telescopes using different approaches for studying the cosmos.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterClick the download button to select from a range of sizes. || Swift_20_Infographic_Quarter.jpg (1550x1991) [1.2 MB] || Swfit_20_Poster_CMYK.jpg (6200x7965) [19.2 MB] || Swift_20_Infographic_Full.jpg (6200x7965) [7.4 MB] || Swift_20_Infographic_Full.png (6200x7965) [34.2 MB] || Swift_20_Infographic_Half.jpg (3100x3983) [3.2 MB] || Swift_20_Infographic_Half.png (3100x3983) [10.5 MB] || Swift_20_Infographic_Full.jpg.dzi [178 bytes] || Swift_20_Infographic_Full.jpg_files [4.0 KB] || ", "release_date": "2024-11-20T00:00:00-05:00", "update_date": "2024-11-21T08:05:39-05:00", "main_image": { "id": 858831, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011700/a011738/Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail.png", "filename": "Swift_Infographic_Thumbnail.png", "media_type": "Image", "alt_text": "Click the download button to select from a range of sizes.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center", "width": 1280, "height": 720, "pixels": 921600 } } ], "sources": [], "products": [], "newer_versions": [], "older_versions": [], "alternate_versions": [] }