Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 9
"Dr. Gan."

Probably because the incident happened so suddenly, Yue Yuan felt that his throat was a little dry, but he still tried his best to mentally command himself to stay calm so that his voice would not tremble.

"Dr. Gan, maybe you don't know yet, but the matter is far more serious than the disaster of the Centauri triple star system. The same thing happened not only to the triple stars, but also to the sun."

Yue Yuan suppressed his voice, but when Gan De heard his words, his eyes widened suddenly, and he trembled as if he thought he had heard wrongly: "What did you say? Taiyang."

Yue Yuan stepped forward and grabbed Gan De's arm. He clearly felt that Gan De's body was shaking a little at the moment he grabbed it.

"Yes, before you come." Yue Yuan met his eyes and replied affirmatively.

Can't go wrong.

The characteristics displayed by the sun, combined with the last messages sent from Yinghuo Base and the Earth, are exactly the same as the Centaur Triple Star System.

Since Gander has reached this conclusion for the Centauri triple star system, the same must be true for the sun.

It stands to reason that these four stars, including the sun, have not reached the end of their evolution, and it is impossible for them to undergo supernova explosions during this time period.Especially Proxima Centauri, as a red dwarf star, its lifespan can reach hundreds of billions of years, but it exploded.

In the face of iron-clad data, no matter how absurd it was, Yue Yuan could only believe it.

The abnormal explosion of four stars can only show that this is not a natural occurrence.

"It's over, it's over, the earth is over." Someone among the crowd murmured to themselves.

"When a supernova explodes on the sun, it must have been attacked by aliens."

"A supernova will explode. Not only the earth, but the entire solar system will be destroyed. Humanity will be destroyed."

Yes, the supernova explosion is so violent, and at such a close distance, humans in the solar system have no way to resist it. Not to mention the earth, even on Mars, it will be wiped out.

It doesn't matter how deep you hide underground, the entire earth is lifted up, there is no way to hide, there is no way to avoid it, because an astronomical unit is too close to a supernova explosion.

For a moment, everyone felt hopeless.

Yes, it's over.

Even Yue Yuan felt depressed in this atmosphere. He even waved his hands to let everyone leave and found a place where he felt more comfortable to wait for death.

But at this moment, he saw Gan De walking forward quickly, arriving in front of a computer in the office, and then making a series of operations on it.

After he finished, he looked up at everyone, his eyes filled with tears and said: "Maybe, we still have hope."

Hearing this, Yue Yuan was the first to lean up and look at the computer screen, and everyone gathered around him.

What was displayed on the computer was a picture of the orbit of Jupiter and its satellites. Everyone noticed that in the picture, the poles of the huge Jupiter in the middle were animated with confusing lines. These lines connected the entire Jupiter system. Surrounded by everyone.This is an imaginary line of Jupiter's magnetic field.

"Are you saying that Jupiter's magnetic field can help us resist the damage caused by super strong gamma ray bursts caused by supernova explosions?" Yue Yuan asked.

When he asked, Gander was still clicking on the keyboard. As he pressed, a series of numbers flashed on the computer screen, and the dotted magnetic lines representing the range of Jupiter's magnetic field also continued to change. Color.

Soon, Gander pressed the Enter key for the last time, then looked at the screen intently and said: "Yes, no, it can withstand gamma ray bursts from the Centauri triple star system, but not from the sun. But , Jupiter itself can, because it's big enough, if we're lucky enough."

"Speak clearly." Yue Yuan was very anxious.

Gan De was also anxious, so he did not explain, but asked: "When did the information from Yinghuo Base stop?"

"Seven minutes ago." Yue Yuan replied immediately.

After hearing Yue Yuan's words, Gan De immediately flew his hands on the keyboard again, and the picture on the computer screen changed from the Jupiter system to the entire solar system.

Soon, he input data into the model one by one.

As soon as the results came out, Gan De said directly: "God bless us, we still have hope, we still have hope. The signal interruption at Yinghuo Base should be a precursor to the solar explosion. According to the distance between wood, fire, and the sun at this moment, the strongest The gamma ray burst has 28 minutes to reach Jupiter."

"And now." Gander pointed to the relative positions of Jupiter and Callisto, and then continued: "Jupiter's magnetic field is protecting us from gamma ray bursts from the Centauri triple star system. In addition, Callisto is due to Jupiter is tidally locked, causing our base to always face Jupiter
You see, due to the protection of Jupiter's magnetic field and Callisto itself, the damage we receive from gamma ray bursts from the Centauri triple star system is greatly reduced. In theory, we will not be fatally affected under the protection of the two. This It is also the reason why we are still alive and talking. "

Got it, Jupiter is the magic shield and Callisto is the physical shield.

Gander did not look at the expressions of everyone. He continued to point to the screen and said: "The key is the sun. In theory, even if there is tidal locking, Callisto will be completely unable to withstand this gamma ray burst. Even if Jupiter tidal locks Callisto, we will not be able to resist it." It will not be violently killed by gamma rays as the planet rotates."

"First, it's because the sun is too close to us, and second, because Callisto has no magnetic field. Fortunately, we were lucky. When the sun's gamma ray burst came, Callisto happened to be behind Jupiter, and Jupiter blocked it for us. The most fatal blow."

"However, the supernova explosion is not only a gamma ray burst, but also a subsequent material ejection. Callisto's orbital period is 16.7 days. We should be at this position when the sun's subsequent material ejection arrives."

Gander added: "I don't know if our base can stop it when the time comes, because after the sun explodes as a supernova, the orbits of planets further away in the solar system are very likely to be blown away by powerful energy, and even become wandering planets. "In such a chaotic system, we cannot predict that Jupiter's tidal lock on Callisto may even be disrupted."

Because he knew time was urgent, Gander spoke quickly.

Yue Yuan also understood that since there was still hope, he could not sit still and wait for death.

He knew that the incident happened so suddenly that ordinary people in the Callisto base might not realize what was going on.

But now is not the time to worry about this. Yue Yuan, who had stabilized a little, immediately said to Zhu Pi Te next to him: "Pete, immediately take people to notify all departments and ask them to send me the most important equipment to the base as quickly as possible. I moved the lowest level, no, the most important equipment into the spacecraft, especially the technical information. I packed it up and took it with me, telling them to be quick."

(End of this chapter)