2026 November 06 - A Farewell to Swift

This portrait of Swift is built from the astronomical images it collected. We look back at its rapid response to cosmic explosions, how solar activity accelerated its orbital decay, and the scientific archive that outlives the spacecraft.

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This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link above the image to select the photo corresponding to the date of this podcast.

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