Swift's telescope reveals birth, deaths and collisions of stars through 1 million snapshots in UV
- Written by Michael Siegel, Research Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
Technicians prepare Swift's UVOT for vibration testing on Aug. 1, 2002, more than two years before launch, in the High Bay Clean Room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
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