Paranormal Investigation Notes

Chapter 283 Star Color

Lu Ming, the star-seeking space telescope, knew about it.

For human civilization in today's era, every space telescope is an important weapon of the country and an extremely important scientific research equipment.At this moment, human civilization only has seven space telescopes in total.

There are tens of thousands of scientific research teams relying on the observation data of these seven space telescopes to carry out their own scientific research projects, and have greatly advanced the entire civilization's understanding of the universe.

A space telescope with the oldest model and the most backward technology has its observation projects scheduled for more than a year later.

Compared with its counterparts, the Xunxing space telescope is relatively ordinary.Its caliber is not large, its accuracy is not high, and its technology is not advanced enough, and it is far from being comparable to the newly launched Mercury.

At this moment, Lu Ming was a little curious when he heard Lu Qingliang say that it was the discovery of Xun Xing Space Telescope.He looked at the screenshot of the news, and saw that it said: "Sun Yu's team at Lunan University recently discovered a strange high-brightness star. The star is about 1000 to 1500 billion kilometers away from the earth. It has extremely high brightness. , the absolute magnitude is comparable to Jupiter, that is, if it has the same albedo as Jupiter, its volume is equivalent to the size of Jupiter..."

Lu Ming shook his head: "Is it a headline party created by unscrupulous media?"

This sort of thing happens all the time in science.Some unscrupulous media, adhering to the principle of not astonishing and perpetual death, wantonly exaggerate and distort the words of scientific researchers in order to attract attention.A news about a suspected black hole can be distorted by them before it is released as "scientists have received a signal from aliens in the deep space of the universe", and so on.

This piece of news looks like headline party.

Comparable in size to Jupiter?Even if its albedo is higher, its volume is ten times smaller than that of Jupiter, its density is ten times lower than that of Jupiter, and its mass is still far greater than that of the earth, then it can be regarded as a real big planet.Could it be that after Pluto was kicked out of the ranks of the big planets and the nine planets became eight planets, now it will become nine again?

This is too incredible.

Lu Qingliang said in a low voice: "After seeing this news, I contacted Sun Yu's team. They confirmed that although this news is a bit exaggerated, it is not outrageous."

Lu Ming was slightly taken aback, and his expression became serious.

"The element composition, type, source, etc. of this star have not yet been determined. At this moment, there are only a few data that can be used as the basis for research. Well, the scientific research project of Sun Yu's team is to study the early evolution of supernova explosions. They have applied for The observation time of Xun Xing Space Telescope was originally intended to observe a red giant star in the direction of Sirius, but accidentally discovered this strange star.

What they can confirm so far is that the star is not large, even much smaller than Pluto, but it is very bright.Their original words are that even if a mirror with the same cross-sectional area is placed at that distance to reflect the sun's rays, it is impossible to have such a high brightness when observed from our place.From this, it can be concluded that its light should be emitted by itself, not reflected sunlight.

At present, there is too little data, and they cannot make further judgments.They have reported this discovery, and are applying for a new space telescope observation time, in order to make further observations of the star and collect more data. "

Isn't it a headline party?Or...at least not a complete headline party?
Does such a star really exist?And it was discovered from the direction of Sirius—the CSK-9602 galaxy is also located in the direction of Sirius?

Lu Qingliang continued: "This star is too strange, and it was discovered from the direction of the CSK-9602 galaxy. I don't know if it has anything to do with our case."

Zhang Dingshan and He Wei were a little confused.Lu Ming thought for a while and said, "Give me more detailed data."

"This is the data I got from Sun Yu's team."

Lu Ming accepted it and looked at it carefully.

He was originally from the Department of Astronomy, so it didn't take much effort to understand the data and analysis.After reading it carefully, Lu Ming became even more puzzled.

He Wei couldn't help but asked, "Alien spaceship?"

Small, but very bright, it is reasonable to speculate that it is an alien spacecraft.After all, it is generally understood that only man-made objects can emit such a bright light from such a small volume.

However, Lu Ming shook his head: "It's not a man-made object. Spectral analysis shows that its electromagnetic radiation energy covers the entire band, and the distribution is relatively uniform. This is the characteristic of a natural star. If it is an artificial light source, its energy should be relatively concentrated. .”

Just like the electric lamp used for human lighting, the light emitted by it is concentrated in the visible light band.It is weak in the rest of the radio waves, infrared, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays, etc.

"Then... a white dwarf? A neutron star?"

A typical neutron star has a radius of only a dozen kilometers, but its mass is comparable to that of a sun.They can radiate amazing energy to the outside world with a very small volume.

These energies are mainly high-energy electromagnetic waves, that is, gamma rays, X-rays, etc.But there are also electromagnetic waves in other bands, which also cover the whole band.

Lu Ming shook his head again: "It will not be a compact star. The mass of a compact star is too large. Even if the distance is ten times farther than it is now, it will be enough to affect the structure of the entire solar system. The mass of this unknown existence must not be too large."

"Or... a white dwarf, some fragment of a neutron star?"

"No. Or, under natural circumstances, no. The root of white dwarfs or neutron stars maintaining their extremely high density lies in the gravitational force brought by their huge mass. There are no fragments in them. Once they are separated from the whole, they lose their huge density. Gravitationally bound, the fragments will immediately skyrocket and turn into cosmic dust in a violent explosion."

"What kind of natural star would that be? Much smaller than Pluto, not too massive, but comparable in brightness to Jupiter?"

He Wei couldn't understand.

However, He Wei was not the only one who couldn't understand.Lu Ming, who has more professional knowledge than He Wei, is even more incomprehensible at this moment.

"I don't know what it is. The researchers in Sun Yu's team don't know either. No one knows."

Zhang Dingshan tapped lightly on the table, and after several people calmed down, he looked at Lu Qingliang: "Do you suspect that this star was attracted by the weird 'ceremony' held by the monsters a few days ago?"

There was an instant silence in the meeting room.After a long time, Lu Qingliang reluctantly nodded: "I have such doubts."

This conjecture cannot be said to be surprising.But in the current situation, there is some inexplicable rationality.

Lu Ming had been guessing what the real plans of the monsters were, but there had been no progress.Even if their side defeats one of their plots, there will be nothing to gain in the end.

Could it be... their real purpose is to hold a ceremony to summon some unknown existence from the root of this case, that is, the CSK-9602 galaxy?

This seems so ridiculous.However, people can become crazy and eventually mutate into monsters because of seeing the star map, and even more absurd things have happened. It seems that the thing of summoning unknown existence through rituals does not seem so absurd.

He Wei suddenly remembered something, immediately got up and left, and hurried back after a while.

She retrieved a hard drive.Plug in the computer, open the file, and a video will play.

This was the scene in the ward where Experiment No. [-] was held, captured by the surveillance system when the monsters besieged the base that night.

Lu Ming saw that Experimental No. [-] was kneeling on the ground, looking at his eyeballs, and howling some spells loudly.

An idea came to his mind, and he immediately stepped forward to start operating on the computer, and at the same time said: "He Wei, bring us the detailed drawings of our base."

"it is good."

He Wei took the detailed blueprint data over, and Lu Ming had already connected to the star catalog database.After operating for a while, he let out a long breath.

"what have you found?"

Lu Ming murmured: "Look, our base is facing south and north. According to the drawing, the ward where Experiment No. 6.7 is held is slightly to the west by five degrees. Using the wall of the ward as a reference, it can be calculated that No. 32 Experiment was At the time of the "sacrifice", the central axis of the body was 9602 degrees westward. The time at that time was around [-]:[-] p.m. Based on the time calculation, the CSK-[-] galaxy was located in this direction in the celestial sphere at that time, which happened to be located in the No. [-] experiment on the extension line of the central axis of the body.

That is to say, at that time, the experimental body No. 9602 was just aimed at the CSK-[-] galaxy to launch the ceremony.This, is this a coincidence? "

He Wei's body shook, and a disbelief immediately appeared on her face.

Zhang Dingshan said in a deep voice: "It is indeed possible that it is just a coincidence. This does not prove anything."

After all, the source of these monsters is the CSK-9602 galaxy.It is also possible that the rituals being held towards the galaxy at this moment are just some kind of worship, and it does not necessarily mean that they are calling for something.

Lu Ming thought for a while, and finally said, "I'll contact Sun Yu's team first."

After getting the contact information of Sun Yu's team from Lu Qingliang, Lu Ming directly contacted the other party in the name of the Planetary Security Bureau, and obtained more detailed information, as well as some opinions of Professor Sun Yu himself.

"My guess is that either the telescope is malfunctioning and has observed wrong data, such as identifying a supernova explosion in the extreme distance as a close one, or it is some kind of violent energy release process, er, that is, an explosion. "

Lu Ming asked: "However, the data shows that it has existed for quite a long time."

Its existence runs through the entire observation process of the Xunxing Space Telescope.

In the microphone, Professor Sun Yu's voice was also a little distressed: "It is also possible that this energy release process is relatively slow? Actually, I don't know what's going on. I applied for another observation, but it needs to be scheduled, about six months Afterwards, the Xunxing Space Telescope can be pointed in that direction again, and there may be more data by then."

Lu Ming was silent for a moment, then said, "Professor Sun, have you guys made any new discoveries recently?"

"Uh, yes. We have recently analyzed some data, and the data actually shows that the star is approaching the inner solar system at a speed of 2600-4000 kilometers per second. Haha."

Professor Sun laughed at himself a little embarrassedly, before saying: "This is funny, isn't it? Uh, I know there must be something wrong, but there is not enough data now, and there is no way to re-measure its speed."

Lu Ming looked even more gloomy.

It is indeed unlikely that such a high-speed star exists under natural circumstances.But at this moment, the situation should not be regarded as normal.

At a speed of 2600 kilometers per second and a distance of 1500 billion kilometers, it will take less than two years to reach the earth.

After considering his language, Lu Ming said: "Professor Sun, it's like this. Our Planetary Security Bureau is paying more attention to this star and hopes to get more information as soon as possible. In this way, we will come forward and contact the team of the Mercury Space Telescope, and jump in the line directly. The next observation of the star will start within days. Submit an observation plan as soon as possible."

On the other side of the microphone, Professor Sun Yu's voice paused for a moment, and then his breathing became rapid: "Five...five days?"

Even if you apply for an observation with a mid-range telescope like the Xunxing Space Telescope, you will have to wait at least six months.Now, the latest launch, the most advanced Mercury space telescope, can be used by our side in five days?
"Yes, five days. Also, Professor Sun Yu, if your team's scientific research strength is insufficient, you can submit a report to me, who needs support, and what supplies are still lacking. Our Planetary Security Bureau will coordinate. Our request is to obtain as much information about the star as possible."

From Lu Ming's dignified words, Professor Sun Yu felt that the Planetary Security Bureau attached great importance to this matter.His voice also involuntarily became serious: "Okay. Don't worry."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Ming looked at Lu Qingliang.

"Contact the Mercury team."

Lu Qingliang hesitated for a moment, but did not contact immediately.

"Lu Ming, do you also think that this star may have something to do with monsters?"

"I can not confirm."

Lu Ming rubbed his forehead: "But this star is too weird, we must at least rule it out first."

Lu Qingliang hesitated again, and said after a while: "I feel that this star is somewhat similar to a mythical creature called 'Color of the Stars' in Cthulhu's world view."

"Cthulhu again?"

He Wei murmured.Lu Qingliang continued to explain: "Under the world view of Cthulhu, the color of the star is a strange mythical creature that is born outside the visible universe and wanders in the starry sky of the universe. It has bright and strange colors, which can make organic Creatures produce mental and physical madness and mutations, turning life into all kinds of monsters. Well, it usually appears in the appearance of an interstellar meteorite, but the meteorite is not its body, it just parasitizes on it."

"Wandering in the universe?" Lu Ming said to himself, "Interstellar meteorite?"

After thinking for a while, Lu Ming shook his head, temporarily gave up thinking about the color of the star, and said instead: "We should contact the Mercury team first, and observe it first."

"it is good."

(End of this chapter)