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A mosaic image of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, created from one million images of astronomical objects captured by the satellite’s Ultraviolet/Optical Telescope.
Date November 6, 2026
Credit NASA/Swift and AndreaMosaic
Authors & editors: Cecilia Chirenti, Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Keighley Rockcliffe
A service of: ASD at NASA / GSFC,
NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U.

Source: NASA · Cecilia Chirenti

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Science
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