Princeton University,

Professor Smith had just finished teaching and was about to return to his office when he was cut off by a group of students who asked him questions about gravitational waves for him to answer.

For this matter,

Professor Smith was very helpless, not to mention the relationship between him and Xu Mang, almost anything would be carried for him, including the events of the first two days, Smith still stood on Xu Mang's side without hesitation, but he himself advocated Xu Mang's point of view.

"This thing..."

"I don't think I need to say more, a lot of people have expressed their opinions, some against it, some for it, in short, it's up to you. Professor Smith said solemnly, "Don't forget to turn in your homework tomorrow." ”

“...”

“...”

“...”

Looking at the back of Professor Smith's departure, many people felt helpless, and they all said that Professor Smith trusted Xu Mang unconditionally, it seems that this matter is not a fiction, but a real existence, judging from today's reaction, it has been a rumor.

Many people think that the reason why Xu Mang joined the Princeton Astrophysical Society has a great relationship with Professor Smith, because he directly made Xu Mang a full member, and at the same time gave a lot of convenience, including the qualification of the reviewer of a certain award.

Of course, Xu Mang also has a lot of returns, and some heavyweight research reports in the field of astrophysics will be published on the Princeton Astrophysical Society.

At this point,

Professor Smith returned to his office, and had just sat down in his chair when a middle-aged man named Blas was an expert in modern cosmology specializing in the Big Bang theory.

"Blas?"

"It's rare... I didn't expect you to come to my office. Professor Smith laughed, "Is there anything going on?"

“...”

"Professor Smith!"

"I hope you can restrain Xu Mang, this guy... This guy is just messing around!" Professor Blas said angrily, "He... He directly denied the Hubble constant of 67.8 plus or minus 0.77, gave a completely new value, and predicted that this value would be confirmed in five years. ”

Hearing Professor Blas's words, Smith's face was full of horror, which... What's going on here?

"You..."

"You still don't know?" Professor Blas asked suspiciously, "You can now log on to the official website of the Princeton Astrophysical Society, and you will be able to see Xu Mang's research report, which is just nonsense!"

No nonsense,

Professor Smith hurriedly opened the website, and then saw a paper released by Xu Mang, clicked in and took a look, and instantly froze in place, no wonder Professor Blas would be so angry, if he were any one else, he would probably collapse.

But...

The Hubble constant, which is 67.8 plus or minus 0.77, seems to have been measured by the European Space Agency (ESA).

"Hehe..."

"It's kind of interesting!" Smith smiled, raised his head and said to Blas, "I think it's very good, it's time to end the European Space Agency's voice in this area, not to mention what will happen in five years, at least they are having a hard time now." ”

“...”

"You... Are you so funny?" Blas said helplessly: "This has a great impact! Now that our office is noisy, many people have even begun to make big moves, and Xu Mang's value has made many people feel devastated. ”

"This..."

"I think you're a little too careful. Professor Smith smiled: "Previously, using Cepheid variables or type 1a supernovae, the Hubble constant of 73.2 was obtained, and the Hubble constant estimate was changed to the estimation of the Hubble constant using the cosmic microwave background radiation, and your reaction was not so great. ”

"How?"

"Seeing that Xu Mang proposed it, I feel that his calculation is wrong?" Smith smiled: "We can't be full of all kinds of prejudices about this because he is Chinese, we need to seek truth from facts, and don't mix ZZ elements in science." ”

Blas was momentarily speechless, indeed... A large part of the reason is because this valuation was proposed by Xu Mang, and Xu Mang is a Chinese, and his first reaction is wrong, and it is impossible for them to propose such a research report.

"Do you think Xu Mang is right?" asked Blas.

"I don't know. ”

"If I think it's wrong, I'll give evidence of it. Smith said, "What do you think is wrong with Xu Mang?"

Time

Blas didn't say anything and sighed silently.

"I don't know about the ESA... What's going on now, isn't it completely upside down?" Blas said with a wry smile.

"It must be!"

...

France

Paris

As the largest city in France and one of the top five cities in the world, it is the economic and cultural center of Western Europe, in addition to the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, etc., as well as Paris Saint-Germain football club and strikes.

Of course

The headquarters of the European Space Agency is located here.

Two o'clock in the morning,

There are two young researchers working overtime at ESA headquarters, and their diligence is incompatible with France, and as romantic Frenchmen, if they knew that someone was still working overtime at two o'clock in the middle of the night, they might be beaten to death.

Their diligence insulted France, but also the city of Paris.

"What's going on over there?"

"How's the data collection?" asked a young man with glasses who was next to him, "I've done it all here, just wait for the next data analysis, how long do you have left?" ”

"Right now!"

"Give me another ten minutes. Another young man with long hair said, "Anyway, there's plenty of time, so let's just take our time... Do you have a Switch?"

"Nope..."

"I didn't expect the work to be so long. The man with glasses sighed and said helplessly: "I knew I would have brought it..."

"Ugh..."

The long-haired man smiled bitterly: "There is basically nothing to do now, what do you think of Professor Xu Mang of Huaguo? What do you think of him? Is he a hypocritical person? I see that many media have reported this." ”

"Can't trust the media. ”

"From what I've observed... The Western media is very targeted, I don't know if you have seen that many reports about Hua Guo and Professor Xu Mang are biased. The man with glasses said seriously: "From my personal point of view... Professor Xu Mang actually has a good character, but he has been smeared too seriously by the media. ”

The long-haired man nodded: "No way... It is always necessary to establish a strong enemy to resolve some of the problems inherent in our West, and Professor Xu Mang is the best tool, after so many long years of smearing, he has long produced an antagonistic image in people's hearts. ”

Maybe the topic was too heavy, and the mood of the two fell into a trough, but fortunately, they quickly recovered their emotions.

"That's it!"

"Let's get to work!" said the long-haired man.

Intense work began,

The group of the two studied the cosmic expansion rate, calculating the distance between a Cepheid variable star and the Earth based on the change in its diameter, so as to correct the distance between the galaxies and the Earth, and even to correct the cosmic expansion rate.

Recent

Using optical interferometry, the team observed the expansion and contraction of Zeta's Cepheid in Gemini, one of the brightest Cepheids ever discovered, located 1,000 light-years from Earth. The progress is very impressive.

Long

At half past three in the morning,

The work of the two of them was finished, but by this time they were exhausted and lay motionless in their chairs.

"Ugh..."

"This job is really thankless, is it because we have just joined the relationship?" said the man with glasses with a hint of bitterness on his face, "Leave us all the tiring work to do?"

"Does this still need to be thought about?"

"Of course!"

Words fall,

The long-haired man took out his phone and began to look for something interesting, and on a WhatsAPP social software, he noticed a situation, many of which were talking about something, related to the Hubble constant.

Hey?

Professor Xu Mang?

He... What did he do again?

According to the chat content of the members in this group, the long-haired man landed at the Princeton Astrophysical Society, and then saw a brand new paper, the author is still the same Professor Xu Mang who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic.

This...

This Professor Xu Mang... Is he crazy?

Time

The young researcher was confused, he didn't know how to describe what he was seeing, Professor Xu Mang turned out to be... He even denied the European Space Agency's value for the Hubble constant, and then provided a value that he thought it was.

He...

What is he going to do?

To be right with the European Space Agency?

"What's wrong?"

"Are you watching a thriller detective?" The man in glasses noticed the colleague next to him and said with a smile on his face: "I may be different from you, I like Agatha Christie, her great detective Poirot, is one of my favorite characters, not one of them." ”

The long-haired man shook his head and said with a look of horror, "I don't know how to describe it, we may be in trouble!"

Troublesome?

We?

Hearing his colleague's words, the man with glasses had some doubts and asked curiously, "What happened?"

"You..."

"See for yourself!"

Words fall,

I handed him the phone in my hand.

The man with glasses just glanced at the mobile phone that was handed over, and when he saw the title of the research report, his soul was drained in an instant, leaving only an empty body, and he couldn't even find any words to describe his mood at this moment.

Oh, my God!

No... No way?

The Hubble constant measured by the ESA, in terms of... was overthrown by Professor Xu Mang like this?

This...

How is this possible?!

Time

There was no sound in the office except the gasps of the two of them and the faint heartbeat.

Rise

glanced at the colleague opposite, and each noticed a hint of panic in the other's eyes.

Finished!

In the morning,

This research report is sure to make waves within the ESA, and its appearance... It directly negates the achievements of many scientists at ESA.

It's bound to cause an academic war!

Definitely!

......