NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory fell to a fiery end early Wednesday nearly 22 years after it launched.

NASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in orbit.

One of NASA's premier space telescopes plunged to Earth on Wednesday, ending its 22-year investigation of gamma ray bursts and exploding stars.

One of NASA’s premier space telescopes has plunged to Earth, ending its 22-year investigation of the universe’s biggest explosions