The NASA General Coordinates Network (GCN) and the Super-Kamiokande research team have launched a new system for distributing alerts when Super-Kamiokande detects a “supernova” explosion. Supernovae are the implosions that massive stars undergo at the end of their life cycle. During these cataclysmic events, most of the energy is released in the form of a large flux of neutrinos. Super-Kamiokande can detect this flux if the supernova occurs within the neighborhood of the Milky Way.
With this upgrade, when Super-Kamiokande releases a “supernova alert”, the information can be shared with researchers around the world more quickly, in a more user-friendly format, and with richer details.
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