This black hole has been in this base for more than ten years, and researchers here, including Li Yunfan, have also studied this black hole for more than ten years. So obviously, there will be a lot of equipment for experiments and observations.

Rodriguez led Zhao Lan to a nearby observation room, and on the way, Rodriguez said to Zhao Lan in a slightly proud tone: "Miss Zhao Lan, now do you know why no waste has ever been discarded in our base?" Not even the scrap that hollowed out the peaks and dug the underpasses was not thrown out...... Yes, we threw them all into a black hole. No matter how difficult it is to dispose of waste, even the most dangerous radioactive waste, or a super-poison that can poison hundreds of thousands of people with a single drop...... They're all just food for black holes. ”

Zhao Lan's spirit at the moment was still in a state of shock. It's a black hole, but it's also a miracle, a miracle that only a god can master. But now that it appeared in front of Zhao Lan like this, how could Zhao Lan not be shocked.

Rodriguez continues: "In the early days of our base, the boss even signed a contract with some of the government's scientific research departments for waste disposal. You know, all of the waste that the scientific departments produce is extremely dangerous, and in the past they usually launched this kind of thing to the moon and stored it, because there is no room on Earth for this kind of hazardous waste. ”

Zhao Lan knew this. The more advanced the science and technology of human civilization, the greater the power at its disposal, and the higher the danger. In the past few decades, there was even an accident, a certain sea area within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers of all marine life suffered from a strange disease, resulting in a large number of marine life death, after investigation, only to find out that the cause of the tragedy was a slight leak of waste in a deep-sea landfill located here. After this incident, human civilization enacted a law stipulating that all S-class and above hazardous waste must be launched to the moon, and it is strictly forbidden to store it anywhere on the earth.

The boss claims that he has mastered a new type of waste disposal technology. And after applying for a patent, the technical details of the technology were disclosed to the government, so the boss won all the orders for waste treatment from government research departments after the technology passed the evaluation. Well, this technology is true, but the profit margin is very low when it comes to disposing of waste with this technology. The boss was not interested in making such a device. The boss just set up a waste disposal company using this equipment on the surface, and then secretly transported all the dangerous waste here, and then put it into a black hole - safe, efficient, and fast. Low cost. In the early days, the boss obtained a lot of wealth from the government through this means, which gradually expanded the base, added a lot of equipment, and established many branch offices......"

There has always been a faint sense of pride in the words that Rodriguez said, but when Zhao Lan heard this, he had a feeling of crying and laughing, and the feeling of shock that he had brought with him diluted a lot before.

"This Li Yunfan is really a talent...... Something like a black hole is a garbage disposal plant...... But it's technically possible. No matter how dangerous something is, when it encounters a black hole, it can only lose all its "hair" except for the three physical quantities of mass, angular momentum, and electric charge, and obediently become a part of the black hole. ”

"Even now this contract between the boss and the government is going on. The boss has even received at least five honorary awards from the government. You know. Dealing with this hazardous waste is a very troublesome thing for the government, and the boss has completely solved this problem at a price that seems low in the government. Although the boss made a lot of money from this contract, it cannot be denied that it also brought a lot of benefits to the government, didn't it? Rodriguez said.

"Okay." Zhao Lan nodded a little speechlessly, "In some ways...... It's really a win-win. ”

Rodriguez's words reminded Zhao Lan of a person. That person is the head of a garbage disposal company, and he has indeed received several awards from the government, as Rodriguez said, and Zhao Lan has even seen an exclusive interview with him in the media. In the interview, the man once said something with a reverent face, such as, "Hazardous waste disposal is very dangerous and the profit margin is very low. But as an entrepreneur, I have to assume a certain social responsibility, and contributing to our civilization is what I should do", "To be honest, this hazardous waste treatment plant is not profitable at all. It is completely supported by blood transfusions from other industries under my name. But I'm willing to do it. I don't want to see our R&D institutions waste money that could have been spent on R&D on waste disposal. As long as my factory can save even one-ten-thousandth of the resources for our scientific progress, I will be satisfied", Zhao Lan also admired this person very much, thinking that this is a responsible entrepreneur in the new era, but he didn't expect that that person was just one of Li Yunfan's many identities. And...... It was by this kind of behavior that Li Yunfan accumulated a lot of wealth in the early days.

"I don't know if those government officials knew the truth...... What expressions they will have. Zhao Lan thought in her heart.

Under the leadership of Rodriguez, Zhao Lan finally came to a control room. This is a very spacious control room, in which at least a dozen staff in white coats are busy, on the wall, on the desktop, there are as many as 20 display screens, and those display screens are constantly shaking a large number of dazzling numbers. Obviously, these numbers describe the state of the black hole and the instruments that bind it.

Rodriguez took Zhao Lan to a display screen, and then said, "This is the real-time state of that black hole." ”

But it was pitch black on the screen, and you couldn't see anything. Rodriguez adjusted a few times on the console next to him, and Zhao Lan saw a faint red dot appear in the center of the pitch-black display screen. It's just a little red dot and nothing else.

"It's not visible light." "This is Hawking radiation, which is the evaporation of a black hole. The miniature black hole evaporates violently, so we can observe these processes and mark them in color. ”

The concept of Hawking radiation was proposed by a great scientist named Stephen Hawking long before the solar crisis, which specifically means that the vacuum is not actually empty, and that in the vacuum there will be a completely random "virtual particle pair", one of which has a negative mass and the other has a positive mass. Immediately after their appearance, both positive and negative particles will be annihilated and returned to nothingness. Therefore, in the macrocosm, matter exhibits the phenomenon of conservation of mass. Something interesting happens if pairs of virtual particles happen to be next to a black hole, because particles with negative mass may fall into the black hole to reduce the mass of the black hole, while particles with positive mass may escape and look like radiation emitted from the black hole. This theory takes into account the second law of thermodynamics and the code that objects cannot escape from the inside of a black hole, so it once attracted the attention of many scientists, but scientists have never been able to truly verify Hawking radiation and observe its real existence. Even now, hundreds of years later, the authenticity of Hawking radiation has not been verified. However, because there are more and more theories and data to support it, Hawking radiation has basically been recognized.

One of the main reasons why Hawking radiation cannot be observed is that the more massive the black hole, the lower the radiation rate. What people usually look for is supermassive black holes. For such a black hole, the calculated radiation rate is almost negligible, and it is extremely difficult to observe Hawking radiation. However, small black holes are different, their radiation rate can be so high that it can be called terrifying, and it is naturally much easier to observe.

As Rodriguez said, they had a black hole, and they really saw evidence of the existence of Hawking radiation.

"If these observations were to be published, it would be going to drive all scientists crazy." Zhao Lan muttered.

Rodriguez smiled faintly, noncommittal.

"Let's take a look at what a black hole looks like in a visible environment...... Rodriguez said, reaching out and pressing a button. As a result, the display screen in front of Zhao Lan immediately became white. Zhao Lan didn't see anything except for something that seemed to be distorted in the center of the screen.

Zhao Lan is also a scientist, although he does not specialize in black holes, he still knows some basic knowledge about black holes. Zhao Lan quickly calculated in his heart, and then shook his head a little helplessly: "This little black hole...... It's simply not visible. Forget it, you might as well give me some of your research materials for me to see. ”

"I have a way for you to see." Rodriguez said with a smile. (To be continued.) )