Chapter 48: The Solar Storm
The increase in X-rays, gamma rays, and visible radiation detected from the Earth at this moment did not match the magnitude of the impact. In other words, such a small man-made object, even if it hits the sun at a high speed, it is far from enough to burst out with such powerful energy. So Zhao Huasheng's prophecy was once again confirmed.
"That's an area of about 10,000 square kilometres. Oh, my God! Come and see! A researcher's exclamation came from the communication equipment connected to the Vulcan Yang telescope, "If I'm not mistaken, the Moth impactor knocked out a large hole in the layer that envelops the sun, and the area of this big hole is 10,000 square kilometers, yes, the reverse fusion layer has been broken!" The real, sunny surface with normal mild light that had been wrapped in it all this time was exposed! Wen is 5860 Keehl! ”
"What?" At this moment, even Zhao Huasheng was shocked. Before this, Zhao Huasheng did not expect such a thing to happen at all, "reverse fusion layer...... It was actually broken? ”
"Don't do physical analysis yet, now collect data first, and collect data with all your might!" Zhao Huasheng decisively gave an order, "The matter of physical analysis will be done later, now, we can collect as much information as we can, these things are likely to be of great use to us!" ”
Under Zhao Huasheng's order, even some telescopes that were originally incompetent for Yang risked being damaged and turned their eyes to Yang. This is an astonishing discovery. It not only proves the existence of the reverse fusion layer, but it also proves that the reverse fusion layer can be broken, and the most important point is that people have speculated that the yang is only wrapped in the reverse fusion layer, and under the reverse fusion layer, the yang still maintains normal mild radiation, and now this speculation has also been confirmed!
This is undoubtedly the most important breakthrough that mankind has made since the outbreak of the Yang Crisis!
It is this 10,000 square kilometers of normal yang area that brings the brightness of the whole yang and the increase of the average temperature. At the moment when this void appeared, I don't know how many people on the earth turned their eyes to the sun. This is a change so strong that it can be detected by perception alone.
The sun warms and brightens.
"Not good! The hole of the inverse fusion layer is shrinking rapidly, and it seems that the inverse fusion layer has the ability to grow on its own...... It has shrunk by 0.7 tenths of an area! And it continues to shrink, and at the current rate of shrinking, it will disappear completely after five hours. "From the Vulcan Solar Telescope, the researcher reported another piece of information.
After perceiving that the hole in the reverse fusion layer was shrinking, all the operators of telescopes with solar observation capabilities on Earth fell into a frenzy. Obviously, the time is only five hours, and it is up to them how much information can be gathered in these five hours.
Zhao Huasheng's breathing was also a little short at this moment, and Zhao Huasheng's mood was also affected by this sudden incident. But Zhao Huasheng knew that there was another important thing that he needed to pay attention to.
The high-intensity X-ray and gamma-ray bursts lasted for just half a minute before disappearing, and only the light and heat radiation continued. Zhao Huasheng knocked on the table and said, "The matter of collecting materials is done by the major rooftops, and we don't need to participate. Now I command, immediately assess the damage that this strong X-ray and gamma ray burst may cause to the ship. At the same time, the communications department immediately began to try to call the ship, and the information receiving department took care to receive the message, and if it received a signal from the Crimson Heart, it was to report it to me as soon as possible. ”
Zhao Huasheng's order was quickly executed. A moment later, the spacecraft damage assessment report was submitted to Zhao Huasheng.
"Based on our comprehensive assessment, this strong X-ray and gamma-ray burst was not capable of destroying the Crimson Heart. It may cause some damage to the spacecraft, such as causing the ship's electricity to malfunction, damage to electrical components, etc., but these are repairable faults and will not affect the spacecraft as a whole. ”
Zhao Huasheng nodded lightly. The assessment report seems to say good news, but Zhao Huasheng knows that this is far from the time to be happy.
It's just electromagnetic radiation...... Perhaps, it's just an appetizer. Because the most powerful follow-up has not yet arrived.
That's the yang wind. A stream of high-energy charged particles blown out by the sun. The light above the Earth is produced by the interaction of the sunny wind and the Earth's magnetic field. When the sun wind is strong, even the power grid, satellite communication and other equipment above the earth will be affected.
The forward speed of the yang wind is much slower than that of electromagnetic waves. The speed of electromagnetic waves is the speed of light, and the speed of the yang wind is between eight kilometers per second and eight kilometers per second. From the yang to the earth, the yang wind takes the time of the day. In other words, it would take time for the equipment on Earth to measure the strength of the wind and assess its possible impact on the Crimson Heart spacecraft.
However, because of the existence of major solar observation satellites, people can shorten the time of the day to a little more than a day. Because those solar observation satellites have been launched less than 60 million kilometers away from Yang, it only takes these times for the yang wind to reach these satellites. After satellites measure the strength of the wind, they transmit the data to the Earth at the speed of light. So, before the yang wind reaches the earth, people can know how strong the upcoming yang wind is.
Therefore, even if it survived the test of the first burst of yang energy, the fate of the Crimson Heart spaceship was still uncertain.
At this moment, it has been several hours since the X-rays and gamma rays were received. The huge antifusion layer cavity that appeared above the sun has shrunk to less than 400,000 square kilometers. The data collection mission continues, and here at Base One, attempts to call the Crimson Heart have continued, but Base One has never received a response from the Crimson Heart.
"The Crimson Heart spaceship is ten million kilometers away from Yang, and it takes nearly twelve hours for Yang Feng to reach the ship. In other words, at this moment, the spacecraft has not been affected by the yang wind, and according to our assessment, the strong X-ray and gamma-ray radiation of the Israeli method is not enough to cause a fatal effect on the spacecraft. But we never received a response from the ship. A staff member reported to Zhao Huasheng.
Zhao Huasheng nodded silently. Not receiving a response means two possibilities. First, due to some unknown accident, the spacecraft has been destroyed, and second, because of the explosion of yang energy, the signal sent by the earth has not been received by the spacecraft. Or maybe the signal sent by the spacecraft facing Earth is not received by Earth.
These two reasons are very obvious, and I am afraid that all the staff present except for Monjo knew about it.
"Hopefully it's the second possibility." Zhao Huasheng said, "Hopefully, they have only temporarily lost contact with the earth." ”
Time was still passing bit by bit, and after five hours, as predicted, the void of the reverse fusion layer on the surface of the sun eventually disappeared completely, and the light and radiation levels of the sun were once again reduced to their previous levels. But scientists on Earth have collected a lot of data, which is enough for them to study for a while.
All of the personnel at Base 1 are still waiting. It wasn't until Zhao Huasheng felt extremely sleepy and couldn't support it anymore that Zhao Huasheng left here for a short rest. After a short sleep, Zhao Huasheng once again came to the control hall.
Twenty-four hours have passed since the Yang Energy eruption, and during this time, Base One staff have been trying to contact the Crimson Heart spacecraft, but without success. According to the previous calculations, at this moment, Yang Feng has probably reached the orbit of those detection satellites, and they should have been detected by the satellites.
But no reports have been received from satellites. This also means that there are two possibilities: first, the predicted eruption of the yang wind did not occur, and second, the previous estimate of the speed of the yang wind was wrong, so the yang wind is still on the way, and has not yet reached the observation satellite.
The forward speed of the yang wind is not fixed, if the eruption is violent, its forward speed may be a little faster, and if the eruption is weak, its forward speed will be a little slower. In addition to this factor, the different types of eruptions will also affect the forward speed of the yang wind.
Zhao Huasheng, of course, hopes that the first possibility. Not only Zhao Huasheng, but everyone in the base and even on the earth hopes that this is the first possibility. Everyone hoped that because of the impact of the Moth Impactor, Yang only had some electromagnetic explosions, and no Yang Wind appeared. But Zhao Huasheng knew that this was impossible. There will be no mistake in my own inference, the yang wind will definitely come, the difference is only in the morning and evening.
At the twenty-fifth hour, Base 1 finally received some intelligence information about Yang Feng.
But the staff's face was a little weird, as if they had seen something terrible.
"What the hell is going on? Report back to me now! What is the strength of the yang wind? ”
"We've lost contact with satellites." The staff member muttered, "Yes, we can't reach our satellite." ”
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