Science & Health · Space · 4 outlets (L 1 · C 2 · R 0 · 1 not rated)
NASA's Swift telescope is falling toward Earth after failed rescue
NASA's Swift telescope is sinking toward Earth and barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort.[2, 4]
Covered by The Daily Beast, ABC News, Los Angeles Times and 1 more
Read first NASA telescope on the verge of plunging to Earth after failed rescue mission
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 3 rated outlets that covered it, 1 is left of center, 2 are center and 0 are right of center. 1 more is not rated.
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 1 of 42 left-leaning, 2 of 33 center and 0 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19).
- Leans right: none.
- Right: none.
Not rated Los Angeles Times. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
Read across the spectrum
- Left-leaning Aging NASA Telescope Expected to Crash Back to Earth in Days
- Center NASA telescope on the verge of plunging to Earth after failed rescue mission
- Right-leaning No right-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.