Chapter 271, Centauri Galaxy
The Kuiper Belt of the Centauri Galaxy, located 4.3 light-years away from the Solar System, is relatively brighter than the Kuiper Belt of the Solar System, because the Centauri Galaxy is a relatively rare binary galaxy with two stars, Centaur A and Centaur B. Centaur stars A and B are very bright on this side of the Earth, and they can be distinguished from the sky with the naked eye.
Because of the two stars, even in the Kuiper belt of the Centauri galaxy, it is still relatively bright, unlike the Kuiper belt on this side of the earth, which is dark and light, but the temperature is the same, very cold.
In a void, it looked like it was no different from the surrounding void, and suddenly a spaceship flashed out of the void, this spaceship was in the shape of an oval flying saucer, and there were two huge Chinese characters "Kyushu" on it, this spaceship was the "Kyushu" spaceship that departed from the solar system.
When it first set off from Earth, the "Kyushu" spacecraft had just left the factory for a few months, and it was a completely new spacecraft, but after sailing in the currents of time and space for more than two months, the "Kyushu" spacecraft at this time looked scarred.
There are many traces of impact on the spaceship, and the thick steel plates in some areas have been marked out one by one, and in some places you can even see holes, although they are not too deep, but the appearance is hideous and terrifying; There are also places where a corner is noticeably missing, no doubt knocked off, because there are obvious impact marks in the gap.
"Whew!"
"It's finally out of the space-time current, and if it goes on like this, I'm worried about whether we'll be able to reach the Centauri system."
Seeing the starry scenery outside the spaceship, and the surrounding scenery was no longer bright multicolored streamers, Tang Boyuan breathed a sigh of relief, in the space-time current, it was also very smooth at the beginning, and there were only two impacts in the first few days, and they were all skin injuries, but when they were about to arrive in the Centauri galaxy, they encountered a wave of meteorites.
That time, even with the defense of the gravitational field device, the "Kyushu" spacecraft was still scarred, and even the impact of a few meteorites made the spacecraft hurt their muscles and bones, so that everyone was worried about whether they would be able to reach the Centauri galaxy alive.
"If it weren't for the protection of the gravitational field, I estimate that ordinary spaceships would not be able to pass through at all, and many meteorites that hit them head-on are enough to destroy the spacecraft."
Thinking of the impact of the meteorite group, even Luo Xiaoyao, who has always been bold, was afraid for a while, when the spacecraft kept trembling again and again, making people constantly worried about whether the spacecraft could hold up.
"Yes, the gravitational field defense helped the spacecraft unload most of the impact, and even if it couldn't be unloaded, the meteorite changed direction and didn't hit head-on, so although the spacecraft is now scarred, it is still in quite good condition overall, and it only needs to be repaired to a simple repair to be able to return to a perfect state."
Gu Feng also nodded, the spaceship is still in very good condition now, most of the injuries are skin injuries, only a few are touching the flesh and bones, but it is not too serious.
"Contact Earth immediately and report back to us."
"The spacecraft will be moored here in the Kuiper belt first, and we will repair the spacecraft first, and restore all the functions of the spacecraft as much as possible, especially the weapon attack system."
"All kinds of detection equipment are turned on, and the basic situation of the Centauri galaxy is grasped as soon as possible."
Yu Liang, who had not spoken, began to give orders.
With his order, the "Kyushu" spacecraft docked in the Kuiper belt of the Centauri Galaxy, and the location is still very close to the entrance and exit of the space-time current, the purpose of this is naturally for future security considerations, if the alien civilization of the Centauri galaxy is very strong in science and technology, it will soon find everyone's traces, and it can quickly escape into the space-time current.
The entire spaceship began to get busy, and scientists and engineers began to assess the damage on the spacecraft and began to repair it. At the top of the spaceship, mechanical arms began to stretch out, and these mechanical arms were manipulated by engineers and scientists to begin to repair the wounds of the spacecraft.
At the same time, all kinds of detection instruments on the spacecraft were also opened, and they began to explore the basic situation of the entire Centauri galaxy, the most important of which was to detect whether there is a living planet in the Centauri galaxy and what level of development of alien civilizations on the living planet has reached.
"Didi! Didi! ”
All sorts of probes were turned on, all sorts of sounds rang out in the ship's command center, and soon some basic information about the Centauri system appeared in everyone's computers.
"The Centauri galaxy has two stars, A and B, star A has a mass of about 1.3 times the mass of the Sun, star B has a mass of about 0.8 times the mass of the Sun, and the distance between the two stars is about 12 astronomical units, about 1.8 billion kilometers, and they revolve around each other, and the time to rotate around each other is about 360 years."
Astronomical scientist Tang Boyuan looked at the data in the computer tightly with his eyes and began to answer for everyone.
"The mass of the two stars is not much different from the mass of the Sun, both of which are very stable stars, with a history of about 4.5 billion years, and are in the most stable middle age, which is very useful for the growth and gestation of life in such an environment."
"Star A has a large mass, strong gravitational pull, and attracts more cosmic matter, so star A has 6 planets, from the inside to the outside at a time A1-A6, according to their position, the position of A3 is about 1.5 astronomical units away from star A, which is very likely to be a living planet."
"Star B is less massive, and in the early gestation process of the galaxy, there is less cosmic matter in the competition, so there are only 2 planets, B1 and B2, B1 star is very close to star B, only 0.7 astronomical units away, it should not be possible to become a living planet, and planet B2 is a massive gas planet, and it is impossible to become a living planet."
Tang Boyuan pointed to the image of the Centauri Galaxy displayed on the monitor, the detection of various scientific instruments, coupled with the powerful computing power of the supercomputer, these basic conditions of the entire Centauri Galaxy soon appeared in everyone's field of vision one by one.
"In addition to these 8 planets, there is another planet that is more interesting, for the time being, it is called AB star, which is located just above the equilibrium point of the gravitational attraction of the two stars, that is, on the Lagrange point, at a distance of 8,2 AU from star A and 3.8 AU from star B."
"Star AB is different from other planets, it revolves around star A, it doesn't revolve around star B, it doesn't have an autobiography, it's very interesting, two stars revolve around each other."
Tang Boyuan pointed to a red dot on the monitor and explained to everyone present with a smile that he was a top scientist in the field of astronomical science, and when he talked about the field he was good at, he was simply talking and talking.
"In this way, the only planet that may have life here in the Centauri galaxy is this A3 star?"
After listening to this, Yu Liang asked after a slight groan.
"Not necessarily, we originally thought that the Centauri galaxy must be lifeless, because in our traditional understanding, the binary star galaxy is very unstable, which is not conducive to the breeding of life, but after arriving here, I realized that we were very wrong."
"On the contrary, because of the existence of binary stars, the light and temperature of the entire Centauri galaxy are much higher than those on this side of the solar system, which is very conducive to the breeding of life, which means that even the planets that are farther away from the position of the star will not be too cold, because they can also get light and heat from another star."
Tang Boyuan shook his head, separated by a distance of 4.3 light years on this side of the solar system, he could only say that he could simply study some of the two stars of the Centauri Galaxy, and as for the other details in the galaxy, he only knew the details after arriving here.
"From what we know now, there is a good chance that life exists in the two rock galaxies A3 and A4, and even the star AB at the Lagrange point of the two stars may become a living planet."
"Three planets?"
When Luo Xiaoyao heard this, his eyebrows raised.
"It's just speculation, because these three planets are all rocky planets, and they are in relatively good locations, and the probability of giving birth to life is very high, maybe they are prosperous life planets."
Tang Boyuan smiled and said, even if he has arrived at the Kuiper Belt of the Centauri Galaxy, he still doesn't dare to conclude that these three planets must be life planets, unless they are very close.
"Let's talk about the basic situation of these three planets in detail."
Yu Liang nodded, pensive, as if considering which planet to start exploring.
"Let's talk about the closest AB star to us, it doesn't have any autobiography, turnover or anything, its mass is about eleven times that of the earth, originally this planet because there is no autobiography, its gravity should be relatively small, but because its mass is relatively large, the greater the mass, the greater the natural gravity, so the gravity of this planet is not much different from the earth from the calculation results, which is why I said that this star is likely to be a living planet."
"The gravity is right, plus it is above the Lagrange point of the two stars, and it is only less than 4 astronomical units away from star B, plus there is another star, so its temperature is also very suitable, not too high, not very low."