City B, National Astronomical Observatory.

Liu Jifeng, dressed in a suit, is using the "Guo Shoujing" telescope to observe the universe.

Recently, their team confirmed the most massive stellar black hole to date, a black hole with 70 solar masses far exceeding the upper limit of the mass predicted by theory, and subverting the relevant knowledge.

Now, they are working around the clock on the black hole, hoping to revolutionize the theory of stellar evolution and black hole formation.

Zhang Haotong from the same team held a picture of a black hole and said: "Stellar black holes are formed by the death of massive stars and exist widely in the universe. Theories predict that there are hundreds of millions of stellar black holes in the Milky Way, but so far, astronomers have only discovered about 20 stellar black holes in the Milky Way — all of which are less than 20 times the mass of the Sun, identified by the black hole's accretion of X-rays emitted by companion gas. ”

"And this time, we discovered LB-1, a super black hole about 70 times that of the Sun!"

"Jifeng, this time we are really going to go down in astronomical history!"

The LB-1 superblack hole was not newly discovered, but began in the fall of the previous year, when the research team used LAMOST to carry out binary star research, monitoring more than 3,000 stars in a small celestial region for two years.

It was found that in a binary star system with quiet X-ray radiation (LB-1), a blue star with 8 solar masses is making periodic motions around an invisible celestial body.

The unusual spectral signature suggests that the "invisible object" is most likely a black hole.

It was later confirmed that the LB-1 black hole existed.

Zhang Haotong continued: "The current theory of stellar evolution predicts that only black holes with a maximum mass of 25 solar masses can form at the metallicity of the sun. Our newly discovered black hole challenges that theory. Next, with the extremely high observation efficiency of LAMOST, we may also be able to discover a large number of "hidden" black holes, opening a new era of batch discovery of black holes. ”

Zhang Hao was talking on the side, and Liu Jifeng was observing on the stage.

Regarding Zhang Haotong's words, Liu Jifeng agreed from time to time.

After the discovery of the LB-1 black hole yesterday, the next day the team was published in the overseas edition of Renmin Daily, and the research results were published in the internationally renowned academic journal "Nature", causing a sensation in the astronomical community.

Now the observatory's phone calls are going to be blown up, without exception, asking about new black holes.

And there are quite a few astronomical magazines and radio stations that want to cooperate with them and want to learn more about the LB-1 black hole.

But because the research was not over yet, they were all politely rejected by Liu Jifeng.

"Huh?"

Liu Jifeng, who was observing, was suddenly stunned, and stood there as if he was frozen.

Seeing Liu Jifeng's abnormal behavior, Zhang Haotong hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, Lao Liu?" Have you discovered new black holes? ”

"No, it's a bit weird......"

Liu Jifeng said, synchronizing the data to the computer in the audience, Zhang Haotong helped the frame on the bridge of his nose and looked at it intently.

I saw that the nebula and stars that should have appeared were gone, and instead appeared in pitch black, and the observed distance was only 300 million kilometers, only twice the distance between the Earth and the Sun.

It's not a problem with the telescope, it's because the telescope, after seeing 300 million kilometers, is obscured by something.

Zhang Haotong hesitated: "Is the instrument broken?" ”

Liu Jifeng checked the instrument and shook his head.

"Isn't the instrument broken? Then you deflect the camera and look at the stars in other regions. ”

"Good ......"

As soon as Liu Jifeng's camera turned, the moon and many stars appeared in the picture.

And so on –

Stars!?

Liu Jifeng leaned back suddenly, gasped, rubbed his eyes, and leaned over the telescope again to confirm what he had just seen.

But the moon is still there, and so are the stars.

The smallest star is about the size of an artificial satellite, but the largest is 0.8 suns.

But......

As we all know, the stars that people see at night are large stars that are extremely distant light-years away.

The sun, though brilliant and huge, pales in comparison to the seemingly pinpoint-sized stars in the sky, which are only one of the billions of stars, and are of medium size.

But the stars that are called stars are different.

For example, Antares in Scorpio is a star in the human eye, but it is 600 times the diameter of the sun; Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion has a radius 900 times that of the Sun; And the constellation Cepheus has a larger star, with a radius of 1,600 times that of the Sun, reaching 1.1 billion kilometers, and if you put it in the position of the Sun, even Jupiter will be in its body.

But what did he see now?

3D cartoons!?

"Jifeng, look, did a red light flash there just now?"

Zhang Haotong also noticed the abnormality of the stars, but he didn't have time to collapse three times, and he was attracted by the flashing shadow in the picture.

Liu Jifeng temporarily suppressed the curiosity in his heart, turned the lens, and searched along the red light.

And then......

Their three views collapsed even more.

"Red Magma Giant!"

"Why does such a thing exist in the universe?"

"Is this an alien?"

"What's going on with those stars? What's going on with this magma giant? This is the pinnacle of our existing astronomical system! ”

The two scholars looked at each other with deep shock and bewilderment in each other's eyes.

Then they fell into the picture again, and used instruments to save the images that had been observed, intending to hand them over to the Ministry of Defense afterwards.

But the picture after that turned out to be even more unbelievable.

I saw the magma giant suspended in the universe, and the void in front of it suddenly shattered like a mirror, cracking many cracks.

Dazzling white light shone through the cracks.

It seems that behind the cracks, there is another world.

As the gap in the gap widens, the white light becomes more and more dazzling.

The next moment.

The entire picture was occupied by white light, and the magma giants, the cosmic starry sky, all disappeared into the white light.

Zhang Haotong asked, "What should we do next?" ”

Liu Jifeng hesitated: "Report ...... Alarm? ”

Now, this is no longer something they can take over, and this discovery has the potential to plunge the whole world into turmoil.