Alert system
General Coordinates Network
NASA's network for the rapid distribution of alerts about transient events — gamma-ray bursts, gravitational-wave triggers, and neutrino detections — so that telescopes around the world can slew to a fresh event within seconds.
Highlights
- ›Seconds-fast alerts for the whole community
Observed across & involves
Knowledge connections
- Associated withGamma-ray
- Associated withMulti-messenger astronomy
- Associated withVOEvent
- Associated withLVK Public Alerts
- Associated withSCiMMA
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.