Even during the Spring Festival, there are still many people who voluntarily stick to their posts.
This era is undoubtedly painful for many people. From the beginning of the end of the world with corpses strewn across the land and total occupation, to the precariousness of the reconstruction zone era and the struggle for survival, a strong sense of insecurity has always lingered in everyone's head.
Even in today's era of technological explosion, society has once again become temporarily stable, but when it comes to escaping into reality in embarrassment, there is still a lingering sense of anxiety in human hearts.
Fortunately, this kind of anxiety is not all bad. It makes human beings work harder and pay more attention to selfless dedication. This is especially obvious among scientific researchers. About 60% of them are working as usual. About 10% of people at work did not even go home during the Spring Festival.
Of course, this is also due to the particularity of this type of people. For scientific research work, being calm is the most basic quality. Most of them deal with cold instruments and boring numbers almost every day. Those who are patient will be eliminated first. And for them, no project that is about to break through will be even more heart-wrenching and addictive. At this time, even family must be put aside first.
As the highest-ranking person, Luo Yuan also had no time to spare.
On the third day of the Spring Festival, the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Office sent an email, and the specific information about Bo Xing had been compiled.
The Extraterrestrial Intelligence Division is affiliated to the external intelligence organization directly under Luo Yuan. It is an important part of the Spaceship Space Force and is responsible for collecting intelligence on all nearby star fields, including but not limited to capturing signals from extraterrestrial civilizations, planning safe star routes, and investigating nearby areas. Earth-like planets in the star field, preparing for future voyages.
However, the most important task at the moment is to collect information about Bo Xing and analyze the technological level of Bo Xing people.
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In the spacecraft control room.
"Mayor, Zhi Nao has very few information and images about Bo Xing. This is the only video we found on the spacecraft Zhi Brain!" Wu Xinfan, director of the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Division, adjusted the video to the three-dimensional screen of the spacecraft control cabin. He was originally a professor of astronomy at the university. After the Extraterrestrial Intelligence Division was established, he was recruited here and served as the director.
In fact, many people in this department are like this. Because they are extremely professional and do not have certain academic abilities, they are not suitable for this position at all. Many people here were originally academics, among whom they have majors in mathematics, astronomy, and The largest number is in the field of physics. It is more of a special research institution than an intelligence service.
Luo Yuan watched it patiently for a while. This was a video of the Bosnians about to land on the spacecraft. There was a sea of people around, surrounded by countless Bossians. The scene was quite lively.
He could imagine the frantic scene at that time.
For the Bosnians, this expedition is undoubtedly of great significance. It is a leap forward for their civilization. It represents the first step in the development from civilization within the star system to interstellar civilization. It is also the first time to launch a war against aliens. Unfortunately, in the end It doesn't end well.
The video was shot with a certain Bosnian as the protagonist.
Luo Yuan couldn't tell which one it was after looking at it for a long time. As for their appearance, Luo Yuan had severe facial blindness. Even his abnormal memory didn't help much, but this Bosant was obviously killed by it. One of them, and seeing the crowd cheering him with stars and the popular costumes, he must be the captain without a doubt.
But that's not what Luo Yuan paid attention to. The location here was obviously not on the planet. Through the transparent glass-like wall, Luo Yuan saw the dark space outside.
"This is a space parking port! Look at these little dots!" Wu Xinfan explained from the side.
Wu Xinfan pointed to a few imperceptible light spots in the corner of the screen: "These are several spacecraft that are about to dock, which shows that their space navigation is very common."
Luo Yuan nodded, but was not surprised by this. He had seen many scenes of Bo Star society in the dreams of the Bo Star people, and he had long been accustomed to it. This was a highly prosperous civilization, and powerful technology made it possible for him to Space navigation has long become a common mode of transportation.
Otherwise, interstellar spaceships would not have been built. Just like humans, shallow sea navigation has long been popular before humans embarked on ocean voyages.
Wu Xinfan pointed at the screen and continued: "Fortunately, the angle of the video is very good and very clear. We can see the star not far away, which is the sun of Box."
Luo Yuan found that maybe the other person had been a teacher for a long time. When he explained, he always had a eloquent flavor, but he did not rush him. It was obvious that the other person was about to reach a critical moment.
"We can see that it is very bright. According to calculations, it is one to three times as bright as the sun."
Immediately, Wu Xinfan removed the video and replaced it with a picture: "This is a picture of the star system where Bo star is located. After light source compensation and correction, we have basically restored the scene of that star system! "
Luo Yuan discovered that he saw three earth-like blue and white planets in the star system map, and couldn't help but interrupt: "Which one is the Bo star?"
He didn't know much about astronomy, but he also knew that this planet, which had distinct colors and was partly blue, had a stable climate, moderate temperatures, and a large amount of water.
"It's still impossible to tell because these three planets are all habitable planets, and the Bosnians already have the ability to transform planets!" Wu Xinfan replied, zooming in on one of the planets, and Luo Yuan suddenly saw the planet floating outside. Many black spots and undulating terrain can be seen on the planet's surface, and there are traces of artificial development in many places.
"Can I still zoom in?"
Wu Xinfan shook his head: "Mayor, there is no point in zooming in. It is nearly thirty light years away from here, and the precise distance is 28.5 light years (the previous article has been modified). No matter how huge an object is, even a planet, at such a far distance , and became smaller than the tip of a pin.
In addition, the light of the planet is much dimmer than the light of the star. Even with the spacecraft's advanced optical detection system, the image captured by it is still in a state of severe distortion. The scene we see now is only compensated and corrected by the light source. As a result, no matter how loud it is, the distortion will be more serious, so it can only be used as a reference at best. "
Luo Yuan nodded clearly.
Wu Xinfan continued the previous topic: "Through the comparison of images and patterns, we discovered an important piece of information. The actual brightness of this star is brighter than what we observed.
Originally, we didn't pay much attention to it. After all, the distance is far away, and there will always be some distortion. Even the intelligent light source compensation of this optical detection system cannot perfectly restore it. It was only recently that we compared the images taken a year ago and finally confirmed one thing. "
Luo Yuan frowned and asked, "What do you think is the reason?"
"There are many reasons, such as a sudden stellar flare during the recent shooting, or the last image may have been blocked by an asteroid, all possible, but the most likely reason is that part of the sun was artificially blocked."
"Are you talking about a Dyson sphere?" Luo Yuan's mind was sharp and he suddenly thought of a famous theory.
"It is very possible, and we have found some key evidence for this!" Wu Xinfan expanded the stars in the two patterns taken one year apart.
Luo Yuan took a closer look and immediately discovered that there was a black spot on the surface of the two patterns. If it was just one picture, he might have thought it was a meteorite or some other sunspot, but both pictures had it, and they were one year apart. It's already obvious.
What's more, compared to the one taken recently, the black spots are obviously larger than the former one.
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The Dyson Sphere is a theory proposed by Freeman Dyson as early as 1960. The theory is that the energy contained in a planet like the Earth is very limited and is far from enough to support the development of civilization on it to an advanced stage; In a star-planet system, most of the energy—radiation from the star—is wasted.
The sun radiates 2.86 trillion trillion watts of light every second. Based on the total energy consumed by the 7 billion production activities before the end of mankind, it can supply mankind for 270,000 years, which is more than the history of mankind. Long, this is only the energy emitted by the sun in one second. If it is a day, if it is a year, this will be an extremely terrifying astronomical figure.
Therefore, this theory holds that a highly developed civilization must be able to surround the sun with a huge spherical structure, so that most of the sun's radiation energy is intercepted. Only in this way can the civilization be supported for a long time and develop to a sufficient level. high.
As soon as this theory was put forward, it was immediately recognized by many scientists, believing that it was a necessary step for civilization to go out of the star system. However, in any case, this is just a hypothesis, and human scientific and technological capabilities are far from being verified. Luo Yuan did not I thought I could actually see it with my own eyes today.
Although this black spot is not large, compared to the cross-sectional area of the star, it is only about one-fiftieth, and it is far from a complete Dyson sphere. However, this star is 28.5 light-years away from the earth. Even if the image taken now, They are also historical scenes from 28.5 years ago. After so many years, I am afraid it is no longer what it was before.
The total amount of energy produced and used by a civilized race often reflects the level of science and technology and civilization level of a civilization. From the coal and steam era of the human industrial revolution, to the subsequent thermal power era, and now to the current nuclear fusion era, the energy produced and The total amount of energy used increases almost geometrically.
And even if the Bosnian is still an incomplete Dyson sphere, the energy it generates makes humans despair. Its power is far beyond the strength shown by a spaceship, and it may not even be one ten thousandth.
This is undoubtedly a blow to Luo Yuan, who still wants to take revenge on Bo Xing one day.
"Conduct technical demonstration and feasibility analysis on this Dyson sphere. Maybe it is not needed now, but it will definitely be used in the future." Before leaving, Luo Yuan said with a solemn expression.