Chapter 16, The Centauri Civilization

The vast universe, the vast, 100,000 light-years diameter of the Milky Way is just one of the most inconspicuous ordinary existences, and the Centauri galaxy and the solar galaxy located on the Orion arm of the Milky Way are very close to each other, and the distance of 4.3 light-years is inconspicuous in the universe, and the two galaxies are as close as sticking together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, even this inconspicuous distance, for humans in the solar system, it would take more than 20 years to reach with the current technology, and the universe is really vast, and it is the first time that human footsteps have come to galaxies outside the solar system.

"Explorer 1" is the first spacecraft of the Explorer system, and it is also the first spacecraft to be launched, and it was built to explore the cosmic civilization of the outer galaxy during the Qingquan Science and Technology period, when a total of a series of explorer spacecraft were built, all of which were launched to the nearest star system to the solar system.

Explorer 1 was launched to the Centauri Galaxy, the closest to the solar system, and after more than two decades of traveling at 0.2 times the speed of light, it is finally about to reach the constellation Centauri.

4.3 light years away in the cosmic void, at this time the "Explorer 1" has been fully awakened, all kinds of exploration instruments are fully opened, the original communication with the earth because of the problem of energy, only once a week, now all have begun to work, all the information through quantum communication technology to the control center located in the solar system!

Thanks to advanced communication technology, "Explorer 1" and the control center of the solar system can be contacted in real time, otherwise if you rely on traditional electromagnetic wave signals, it will take 4.3 years for one-way communication and 8.6 years for mutual exchange of information, communication technology is as important as transportation technology, otherwise it is difficult to move an inch in the vast universe!

"Explorer 1" is still a year away from the constellation Centauri at this time, but at this time, the light of the three stars of Centauri is already very dazzling, and the light of the solar system behind it is very faint.

"Drip~Drip~Drip~Drip~"

The various instruments on the "Explorer 1" are fully turned on, and the electromagnetic wave receiver in it receives very strong and obviously regular electromagnetic signals, and immediately begins to fully receive these signals, while other instruments also begin to detect the Centauri in a targeted manner.

α Centauri is a triad star system, the closest star system to the Sun, it has three stars, which are numbered A, B and C, of which the C star in the constellation Centauri is named "Proxima Centauri".

The "Explorer 1", which was fully equipped with all kinds of instruments, quickly transmitted a piece of data back to the control center far away in the solar system, and at this time, the control center in the space of Mars in the solar system was also full of people, including the emperor Liu Qingquan, and all scientists from all walks of life had flocked here at this time.

According to the news from the "Explorer 1", there is an obvious and regular electromagnetic signal here in Centauri, and there is only one reasonable explanation for the ability to generate such electromagnetic signals, that is, there is also a civilization similar to the civilization of the earth!

Naturally, the news quickly spread throughout the empire, and all interested scientists flocked here to get more detailed information as soon as possible.

The hall of the control center was crowded, and the famous scientists and nobles of the empire were casually discussing at this time, discussing what kind of civilization the centaur civilization would be, and what was their level of technology? What will be their attitude towards human civilization?

Liu Qingquan, who is already in his 50s, looks no different from a few decades ago at this time, and his profound Yuan Force cultivation has given him a long lifespan, and he doesn't want to leave the slightest trace on his body at all, but those who don't work hard to cultivate Yuan Li are a little old at this time.

"Boss, what do you think this centaur civilization will be?" Jiang Zhipeng, who is also in his 50s, looks very young at this time, and still calls Liu Qingquan the boss as he did decades ago, which seems to be the privilege of their generation, after all, Liu Qingquan is also the emperor of a country today, and it is too big or small to be called so.

"I don't have clairvoyance, how do I know, but being able to use electromagnetic wave communication technology shows that the level of civilization should not be low!" Liu Qingquan shook his head, he had been looking forward to the civilization of Centauri for a long time, although he had long known that there was a universal civilization in the universe, but it was the first time he had real contact.

"It's better to have a higher level of civilization, sometimes you need to communicate more with this technological development, and there is definitely nothing to communicate with the primitive civilization, we can't learn how to sharpen the stone knife!" Mo Qingming, who was also very casual on the side.

"The level of civilization is too high! Our technological level can only be regarded as a level 2 cosmic civilization now, and we can't even count as a war scumbag in the universe, and any one of them can completely blow us up! Immediately, some people objected, and when I looked back, it turned out to be Chen Shuiwa, the child of the Loess Plateau, who is now in her 50s.

"Where can there be a too advanced civilization around the solar system, if there is, we will be captured a long time ago!"

"Our technology can develop rapidly, and it is difficult to guarantee that others can also, maybe they will run ahead of us!"

“……”

Liu Qingquan shook his head and looked at them arguing, and he could see that everyone was more concerned about the outcome issues, one was their level of development, and the other was their attitude towards alien civilizations.

Space exploration is like this, on the one hand, I hope to encounter civilization, and on the other hand, I also maintain enough vigilance against this, which is the attitude of human beings towards the unknown, both curious and afraid!

Instead of participating in the argument between them, Liu Qingquan looked intently at the screen in the hall, at this time, the "Explorer 1", which was far away from the 4.3 light, had already transmitted back a large amount of information, among which the basic information of the Centauri could already be known very clearly.

The three stars of the constellation Centauri, of which there are two stars A and B, have the same mass as the Sun, attract each other, are relatively stable, belong to the early stage, but have entered a stable period, and one of the stars closest to the solar system, that is, the star we call Proxima Centauri, has a smaller mass than the solar system, only one-seventh of the Sun, and the size is about the same as Jupiter!

Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star with a much lower surface temperature than the solar system, only more than 3,000 K, which is more than 2,700 degrees, but there is a planet very close to it!

In 2015, astronomers used ESO's telescope and other facilities to discover that there was enough evidence of a planet in the closest star system to Earth (Proxima Centauri).

The long-observed world, named Proximab, orbits its red dwarf star in an 11-day cycle, with a temperature on the surface to sustain the presence of liquid water. This planet is slightly more massive than Earth and is the closest extraterrestrial planet to Earth, and may also be the most likely to have life outside of our solar system.

In other words, in 2015, astronomers on Earth had discovered the planet "Proxima Centauri", and inferred that it was most likely to have life by artificially that it should have liquid water!

But in fact, according to the information sent back by "Explorer 1", "Proxima Centauri" captured that there was no life on that planet, and that this planet was a complete death star, without the slightest life.

The electromagnetic signal captured by Explorer 1 did not come from here, but from the middle of the other two stars, the region that everyone thought was the least likely to be life.

At this point, we will first talk about the two stars A and B, star A is slightly larger than the sun, and star B is slightly smaller than the sun, and the distance between the two is about 10 astronomical units.

Among them, star A is more massive and captures 4 planets by its own gravity, and star B also has 3 galaxies, but the electromagnetic signal does not come from these 7 planets, but from the middle of the two stars, the gravitational translation point, that is, the position of the Lagrange point.

I have to sigh at the magic of the universe, the mass, volume, etc. of this planet are much larger than the earth, about 10 times the mass of the earth! It is about 6 astronomical units away from star A and a little more than 4 astronomical units away from star B, and the gravitational pull of the two stars A and B is just right to pull each other, this is a planet with no autobiography!

Yes, this is a planet without autobiography, the huge gravity of the two stars completely controls the planet, because there is no autobiography, its gravity should be relatively small, but its mass is ten times that of the earth, which just makes up for the defect of insufficient gravity because there is no autobiography, in fact, its gravity is about the same as the earth, after all, where is the mass!

Originally, it is logically impossible for this planet to produce life based on its position from the star, but because it is illuminated by two stars, and it has been illuminated by two stars, its surface temperature is very suitable for the birth of life, neither high nor low!

It is far away from the star, the temperature is not too high, and at the same time, it has been continuously irradiated by 2 stars, and the temperature is not too low, the average temperature of this planet is about 20 degrees, which is a very comfortable temperature!

Because it has no autobiography and is constantly illuminated by two stars, unlike Earth, the cold zone here is a north-south circle, and this cold zone divides the planet into two worlds, one irradiated by star A and one irradiated by star B.

And with the more and more electromagnetic wave signals received, and the progress of signal decipherment, everyone knows that this planet is called "Blue Beaver Star" by the civilization here!

PS: Wow Ka Ka, Blue Beaver Star, guess what the aliens here will become? Haha, all kinds of requests ~~ (to be continued.) )