Milky Way, Proxima Centauri.

Under the rapid sailing of the R-type deep-space ship, it flew to a position of 7 million kilometers from the red dwarf star in less than 15 minutes.

Everyone also clearly saw the solid planet about the size of the Earth, but the color was rusty red.

In terms of appearance, it is very similar to Mars, but much redder than Mars.

It proves that the surface of this planet contains a large number of metal minerals.

And when all the people in the live broadcast room who know anything about astronomy see the planets, their hearts sink at the same time.

Inside the spacecraft, many astronauts in the reward group also looked at each other and sighed helplessly.

The search for extraterrestrial life, failed......

This planet, which is about the same mass as Earth, has been tidally locked by red dwarfs......

"Friends, it seems that there should be nothing to be gained on this planet. Chen Yu silently stared at the red world in front of him, and spread his hands in frustration: "It is tidally locked by the red dwarf." Unexpected, reasonable. ”

"Red dwarfs scatter very little energy outwards due to their low brightness and low mass. So its habitable zone is very close, very close. Then it is normal for a planet at such a close distance to be tidally locked. For example, Mercury in the solar system and the moon in the Earth's moon rotate the same as the revolution, resulting in one hemisphere of eternal day and one hemisphere of eternal night. ”

"In such a complex and extreme environment, where information cannot be exchanged, and the temperature is both ice and fire, it is almost impossible for life to be born spontaneously. It is also in the innermost circle of the habitable zone, and it is not known whether it can withstand the ultraviolet radiation from red dwarfs......"

"Actually......" The woman at the Red Bank Astronomical Observatory, while wearing a hazmat suit, corrected: "Tide-locked planets are not necessarily incapable of producing life. According to the latest research results of Professor Hu Yongyun of the School of Physics of Jingcheng University, the heat transported by the atmosphere and liquid water from the sunrise to the sun-facing side is enough to cover the sun-facing side. Therefore, as long as conditions permit, not only will the atmosphere not freeze on the sunny side, but also the liquid water will not freeze. ”

"Is it?" Chen Yunne, who was involved in the blind spot of knowledge, said: "There is still this kind of saying. ”

"Yes. One of the two Japanese astronauts nodded: "The industry generally agrees with this view." ”

Hearing this, everyone regained a glimmer of hope.

When "equipment" is overwhelmingly dominant, all humans can't wait to see what aliens are like.

It would be even better if you could catch one and raise it to a large cat house......

"But what if this planet doesn't have an atmosphere?" Chen Yu said in a quiet tone.

"No atmosphere?"

"Hmm. ”

He nodded, and controlled the spacecraft's "telescope" technology, magnifying the distant planetary landscape. I saw that on the bare mountains and Gobi, there was not a trace of clouds.

【Cool.】 】

[Why isn't there a little atmosphere?Red dwarfs aren't hot!]

[Apparently blown away by the radiation of the red dwarf.] 】

[The people of the three-body problem are really in dire straits. 】

[Suddenly found that with the UP Lord, is the combat power of our earth abnormal?]

"Smack. ”

Clapping his hands, Chen Yu looked at the astronauts in the reward group: "Is there still the possibility of life now?"

“…… Without. ”

"Let's do it quickly, the two stars outside the red dwarf star are the main course. ”

"Good. ”

"Hey!"

“ok……”

Without an atmosphere, the spacecraft's high-speed landing did not produce any fire, and it went straight to the surface neatly, opening the hatch and staircase.

"There will be a temporary space film in the middle of the hatch to prevent the exchange of harmful substances between inside and outside and ensure the safety of the inside of the spacecraft. But after stepping out of the film, everything can only rely on the spacesuit. So check in advance and take responsibility for any accidents. ”

After the words fell, Chen Yu put on his hand armor, stepped off the spaceship first, and stepped on the solid ground.

"Well, it's a small step for me personally, and indeed a giant leap for humanity as a whole. It's bigger than Armstrong's step, and it's almost the egg. ”

Everyone: "......"

Opening the storage box behind him, Chen Yu took out a small red national flag from it, inserted it into the rock, and smacked his lips: "Since ancient times, this place has been the inherent territory of China. ”

Everyone: "......"

"There's no atmosphere, so there's no need to talk about temperature and pressure, just come down. ”

With Chen Yu's permission, all the interactors in simple spacesuits stepped off the spacecraft one by one, silently hypothetical machines, and collected samples.

And a few participants who did not have protective clothing could only lie on the wall and stare.

"Huh, where is Boss Ma?"

After a while, the people in the boat found that Ma Wuqian and his wife were gone, and after a careful search, they found that the two people were wearing brand new spacesuits and got off the ship to take pictures.

"If you have money, you can really do whatever you want......" the pillar muttered sourly.

"Whoosh-"

Urging the engine to fly into the sky, Chen Yu circled around the spaceship as the center, and did not see any intelligent creations, let alone any trace of extraterrestrial life.

"It's a desolate star, and there can be no life. Landing on the ground, he explained to the audience while collecting characteristic stones: "Once, I have seen some netizens say more than once: Life forms in the universe are ever-changing, why do you have to find them according to human standards? Isn't there silicon-based life? plasma life? and even all kinds of magical life? The imagination of scientists is so monotonous?"

"In fact, scientists have much bigger brains than the average person. The kind of life form that netizens said is possible, but we humans have never seen it, and we don't know the environment and conditions in which that kind of life exists. ”

"We only know and understand the life that was born in the environment of the earth, so instead of following the earth model, scientists are looking for other life forms that are close and far, blind cats and dead rats?

"And if we can't find even the most basic carbon-based life, let's not bother to find any other life forms. Because in the universe, carbon-based life is the easiest to form. ”

Digging out a slightly round stone from under the rock mass, Chen Yu shook off the dust on it, and continued to sell off the knowledge he had learned through quantum glasses: "As we all know, carbon is not easy to lose electrons, nor is it easy to gain electrons, so it naturally cannot form ionic bonds. What can be formed are all covalent bonds. At the same time, the number of chemical bonds of carbon is very appropriate, and if there is less, it will not be able to form various structures, and if there is more, it will affect the stability. ”

As a result, these carbon atoms can form a variety of long, ring, branched, and countless other variations. To put it mildly, of all the elements in the universe, only carbon is the most likely to form life. The special silicon element of chemical bonds cannot be said to be without chance, but compared to carbon, it is definitely the gap between stars and small stones. As for the other elements......"

Chen Yu sneered at the camera: "Bet on a kidney, if you can give birth to a living body, I will cut my waist live." ”

"Buzz!"

As soon as the words fell, a spherical blue light the size of a ping-pong ball suddenly appeared in front of him out of thin air, seemingly consciously rising and falling, flickering and flickering......

Chen Yu: "???"