NASA Cancels Its Rescue Mission for the Aging Swift Telescope WIRED By: Jorge Garay 22 August 2026 at 12:00 The LINK probe was supposed to use robotic arms to capture Swift and lift it into a safe orbit. Problems with its control system forced NASA to call off the attempt.
The Galaxy’s Fastest Star Could Reveal the Secrets of a Supermassive Black Hole WIRED By: Jorge Garay 20 August 2026 at 23:58 S301 passes close to Sagittarius A*—so close that its orbit could reveal how the black hole’s rotation warps the spacetime around it.