NASA's Swift Observatory na iya fuskantar gazawar sarrafa hali

Cibiyar NASA ta Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory ta shiga cikin wahalhalu bayan shekaru 17 na hidimar da ba ta dace ba. Mai binciken kewayawa yana da shiga yanayin lafiya bayan gano “rashin nasara mai yuwuwa” a ɗaya daga cikin ƙafafun amsawa guda shida da aka yi amfani da su don canza hali. Duk da yake ba a bayyana ainihin abin da (idan wani abu) ya faru ba, NASA ta dakatar da binciken kimiyyar da ya dogara da shi har sai ta iya ba da cikakkun bayanai ko kuma ci gaba da aiki tare da ƙafafun biyar.

Wannan ita ce matsala ta farko mai yuwuwa tun lokacin da Swift Observatory ta fara aiki a watan Fabrairun 2005, in ji NASA. Sauran abin hawa in ba haka ba yana aiki da kyau.

Cibiyar Swift Observatory ta taka muhimmiyar rawa a ilmin taurari a cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata. An gina shi da farko don gano fashewar gamma-ray kuma yana gano kusan 70 kowace rana. Koyaya, an ƙara yin amfani da shi azaman mai kama-dukkan mai lura da tsayin tsayin raƙuman ruwa da yawa, yana hango walƙiyar hasken rana da tauraro mai wuyar samunsa. NASA ba lallai ba ne ya shiga cikin matsala mai tsanani idan Swift yana da matsala mai ɗorewa, amma zai fa'ida a fili ta kiyaye kumbon kumbon yana gudana cikin sauƙi kamar yadda zai yiwu.