Chapter 23, The Centauri Galaxy
The Centauri galaxy located 4,3 light-years from the Solar System.
The Centauri Galaxy is a very peculiar planetary system, and of course this is true compared to the Solar System, because the Centauri Galaxy is a triad of galaxies.
It has two large stars and one small star, Centauri A and Centauri B are the two more massive stars, and Centauri C is the smallest of the three stars and the closest to the Earth, which is generally called Proxima Centauri, which means the closest star to the Sun.
The solar system has only one star at its core, the Sun, while the Centauri Galaxy has three stars, which is what makes the Centauri Galaxy so peculiar.
Although the universe is vast and vast, most of the planetary systems are basically single stars, and a few have double stars, and these three star planetary systems are very rare.
This is a bit like having a child, basically one child is born, a few are twins, the probability of these triplets is very, very small, and the Centauri galaxy is the triplet planetary system in the universe, if you understand it, you will know how rare the planetary system of these three stars is.
In the void leading from the Centauri galaxy to the solar system, a universe has been flying in the dark void for almost 50 years, relying on inertia.
50 years, a full half century, from birth to old age, fifty years have almost passed, in the vast void of the universe, the time is really long, very long.
"Didi~Didi~"
The outer shell of this spaceship is not imprinted with any patterns, and the spaceship is also pitch black, after a long period of fifty years, its shell is also covered with a large amount of cosmic dust, making it look as if it has gone through a long time, showing the vicissitudes of life.
Inside, most of the instruments had been shut down and put into a deep sleep, except for the core computer that controlled the spacecraft was still running, and it had been running for almost fifty years.
"Arriving in the Centauri galaxy, wake up automatically~"
The spacecraft has the most accurate clock made of cesium atoms with an atomic weight of 133, and the spacecraft automatically contacts Mars every few years to verify the time.
Now that the time has come, and it is about to arrive in the constellation Centauri, the computer on the ship automatically begins to wake up all the functional modules on the spaceship.
"Hmph~"
On the spaceship, the first to start is the nuclear fusion reactor on the spacecraft, with the start of the nuclear fusion reactor, the huge energy began to be released continuously, and the spacecraft began to become bright like a robot sleeping for hundreds of millions of years.
Here, with the awakening of the spaceship, the cosmic dust attached to the extraordinary shell was shaken, and began to break away one after another, returning to the cosmic void.
Mechanical watches begin to stretch out from the inside of the spaceship, and then the same detectors are also flipped out from the inside of the spacecraft, electromagnetic wave receivers, ray detectors, redshift detectors, cosmic astronomical telescopes, etc., all kinds of detection instruments.
These detectors are all high-precision things, and if they are kept outside the universe, as long as they are contaminated with some cosmic dust, they will be greatly affected, so at the beginning of the design, these detectors can be stored in the spacecraft.
"Didi~Didi~Contact Base Camp~"
In the spacecraft, under the control of the computer, the spacecraft began to use the quantum communication equipment on the spacecraft to contact the base camp of the solar system and make a detailed report on the various situations on the spacecraft.
Quantum communication theoretically ignores distance limitations, no matter how far away it is, quantum communication can achieve real-time communication without any delay.
In the case of electromagnetic wave communication, it takes more than 4 years to reach the solar system from the Centauri side, and it takes about 9 years to exchange information back and forth.
And this is still an ideal state, the electromagnetic waves emitted can be received by the solar system, but the electromagnetic waves propagate in the void, it will become weaker and weaker, and in the end, it is very likely that the electromagnetic waves sent by the solar system will not be received at all.
In the same way, the electromagnetic waves sent by the solar system are very difficult to receive in the Centauri galaxy, because electromagnetic waves are only suitable for close communication, and once designed into the interstellar universe, electromagnetic wave communication technology is quite weak.
Mars in the solar system, the Xinghan Academy of Cosmosic Astronomical Sciences has built a huge space city in the outer space of Mars, which has a variety of advanced research equipment, including a large number of cosmic astronomical telescopes.
These spacecraft launched around the solar system decades ago have been tracked and contacted by space astronomical scientists here.
"Didi~Didi~"
"Received the signal of spacecraft 001 and started receiving information~"
The center responsible for tracking and liaison, accompanied by bursts of sounds, the cosmic astronomical scientists here began to be busy.
"Finally there's news of it, and it's supposed to be in the Centauri galaxy too."
Soon, Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin, the two heads of the Xinghan Universe Astronomical Science Research Institute, hurried over, and the whole person became extremely excited.
The universe is just too big, and even though the cosmic telescopes that scientists have built are getting bigger and bigger, the universe that can be observed is getting bigger and bigger.
But so far, human beings still know very, very little about the world outside the solar system, because this cosmic astronomical telescope can only observe those glowing and shining stars, that is to say, it can only observe the stars in the universe.
Using these observations, scientists can also calculate the existence of neutron stars, black holes, etc., but scientists still do not know whether there is life in other planetary systems, whether there are living planets, etc.
Now that the unmanned spaceship is finally about to arrive in the constellation Centauri, scientists are naturally excited, and as the news spreads, more and more scientists are gathering.
There are scientists who study biological sciences, they want to come and see if there is an alien civilization in this Centauri Galaxy, although this Centauri Galaxy is a triple galaxy, compared to the solar system is very chaotic, scientists have long predicted that it is impossible to give birth to life here, let alone the existence of cosmic civilization.
But biological scientists have found life in many parts of the solar system, which proves that life must be widespread in the universe, and it is very likely that there will be life in this Centauri galaxy, and maybe there will be civilization.
Physics scientists came and wanted to see what was going on in the Centauri galaxy so that they could be inspired by physics research.
There are also scientists who study chemistry who come over, and they think that there will definitely be new chemical discoveries in this Centauri galaxy.
Even scientists working on communication technology have come over to see if the electromagnetic waves emitted from Mars a few years ago have reached the Centauri galaxy and whether the spacecraft has received them.
In short, the entire Imperial Academy of Sciences is boiling, and private spaceships are constantly resisting this huge space city, all wanting to know the situation on this side of the Centauri galaxy as soon as possible.
Even Qin Yi was idle and had nothing to do, put down the work in his hand, and ran over with Lu Qingwei and Liu Peiqiang.
For the first time, humanity was able to accurately understand and know the situation of the planetary system next door, which is a major event that will go down in history, and no one wants to miss this moment.
PS: Ask for a ticket. All kinds of begging~
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