2026-09-05 15:43:13 UTC
JD 2461289.16
STATION 04 · MULTI-MESSENGER OBSERVATORY WIRE

High-Energy Transient Alert Desk

Continuous verification desk for extreme cosmological transients: gravitational waves from compact mergers, millisecond fast radio bursts, ultra-relativistic gamma-ray jets, and astrophysical PeV neutrinos.

Indexed Transients ⚡
14
Multi-messenger events catalogued
Deepest Cosmic Horizon REDSHIFT
z = 1.19
AT 2022cmc · 8.5 Billion light-years
Shortest Coherent Pulse DURATION
0.33 ms
FRB 20220610A · ASKAP detection
Max Photon Energy ENERGY
18 TeV
GRB 221009A · LHAASO gamma-ray
All Wire (14) Gravitational Wave (3) Fast Radio Burst (3) Gamma-Ray Burst (3) Supernova / Optical (2) Tidal Disruption Event (1) High-Energy Neutrino (2)
GRB 221009A
Fermi GBM, Swift BAT & LHAASO
Gamma-Ray Burst
Sky Coordinates
19h 13m 03.5s · +19° 48' 35"
Luminosity Distance
2.4 Billion ly (z = 0.151)
Constellation
Sagitta
Redshift
z = 0.1510

"The BOAT": Brightest Of All Time 18-TeV Cosmological Monster

GRB 221009A was an unprecedented, once-in-10,000-years cosmological blast. Emitting an isotropic-equivalent energy E_iso exceeding 10^55 ergs, the burst completely saturated space-based detectors, perturbed Earth's ionosphere at 500 km altitude, and generated the highest-energy photon ever observed from a GRB: a staggering 18 TeV photon detected by LHAASO in China.

JWST (NIRSpec / MIRI) LHAASO Water Cherenkov ALMA
GRB 230307A
Fermi GBM & GECAM-B
Gamma-Ray Burst
Sky Coordinates
04h 03m 49.0s · -75° 22' 41"
Luminosity Distance
950 Million ly (z = 0.065)
Constellation
Mensa
Redshift
z = 0.0650

Second-Brightest Burst in 50 Years Unveils Heavy Elements (Tellurium)

GRB 230307A was an exceptionally bright burst lasting ~200 seconds, which traditionally classified it as a long-duration core-collapse burst. However, follow-up observations with JWST detected a kilonova signature and the unmistakable spectroscopic fingerprint of tellurium (atomic mass 130), proving it originated from a neutron star merger that synthesized heavy r-process elements.

JWST (NIRCam / NIRSpec) Hubble Space Telescope Chandra X-ray
GRB 211211A
Swift BAT & Fermi GBM
Gamma-Ray Burst
Sky Coordinates
14h 09m 30.0s · +27° 53' 10"
Luminosity Distance
1.1 Billion ly (z = 0.076)
Constellation
Boötes
Redshift
z = 0.0760

Long GRB with Kilonova Challenges Classical Burst Classification

For five decades, gamma-ray bursts were divided into short (< 2s, mergers) and long (> 2s, massive star collapse). GRB 211211A completely overturned this dogma: lasting 51.4 seconds, its optical and near-infrared afterglow revealed an excess of luminosity caused by a kilonova fueled by radioactive decay of neutron-rich matter, proving a compact binary merger can produce minute-long gamma emission.

HST & Nordic Optical Telescope Swift XRT