As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 86 Efforts in Astronomical Observation

Boris Shustov came to the institute after eating sausage milk as usual, ready to start a day of research.

Since the launch of the Spectrum-RG observatory, their sky observation program has been steadily advancing.

The Spectrum-RG observatory was launched from the Baikonur launch site in 2019 with two X-ray telescopes on board.

Shustov is very satisfied with the current progress and has completed the X-ray observation map of the entire sky. He and the whole team can leave a name in the history of astronomy.

When he entered the office and turned on the light, he was taken aback. There was a burly man wearing a black wool cap sitting at the desk.

"Professor, hello! Long time no see!"

It turned out to be his former student, who later went to a certain military industrial research institute, "Hello! I'm too old to be scared, so don't be so elusive in the future!"

"Professor, we don't need to observe the entire sky right now, we just need to find planets where life may exist."

Shustov obviously could not accept the bad news:
"We only need about five years to complete the drawing of the entire sky map, which is of great significance to the entire astronomical community!"

"You have no right to do that."

"And there is a dedicated team looking for planets that may have life, and there is no need for an old man like me to do it."

At present, the only X-ray sky map in the world dates back to 20 years ago, drawn by the German satellite ROSAT.

"Sorry, this is an order. The sky map can be drawn later, but once the planet where life may exist is occupied by others, it will be too late."

"Sulkin's team will fully merge with you."

The man continued: "I came to tell you in advance, and then you will get an order from the Academy of Sciences,"

Shustov felt unreasonable:

"Occupied by others? Not to mention celestial bodies in deep space, we can't even go to Mars!"

The man explained:
"Occupation here means discovery. At present, some people have developed a way to locate the cosmic coordinate system for the planets in the universe. As long as you are the first to find the coordinates of the planet with intelligent life, then this planet belongs to you in a sense. gone."

Shustov's face was full of question marks. You must know that this is the 21st century, not the Middle Ages. Everyone is keen to disclose the latest research results and is eager to attract attention.

The more people who study in one direction, the more valuable it will be.

"что? Why haven't I seen related results? If there is such a discovery, there must be related papers published in Astrophysical Journal or Monthly Notice for Royal Astronomical Society!"

The man tried to calm the agitated Shustov:

"I will send you the content of the cosmic coordinate system later, and now you only need to do one thing to re-make the plan to stop drawing the sky map and change it to looking for planets that may have life."

"In addition, all applications from other countries to participate in the observation of the Spectro-Ultraviolet Astronomical Observatory are rejected, and those that have already passed are also rejected."

"But."

"No but!"

Boris Shustov often recalled that day. Later, as the information was slowly made public, he knew the ins and outs of the whole thing.

"It's no wonder that the Huaguo Tianyan, which is in the same company as Huaguo, announced its acceptance of opening to the outside world in March, and closed the application in May."

With the gradual deepening of understanding of the project, Shustov was extremely shocked by the invention of the cosmic coordinate system. It is a great thing to measure all the planets into one coordinate system.

Because the planet is constantly moving, motion is absolute, and rest is relative, it is completely possible to determine the three-dimensional coordinates of the planet at a certain time.

In other words, it is also feasible to introduce the concept of time, take time as the fourth dimension, and determine the four-dimensional coordinates of the planet.

But determining the universal coordinates of the planet is more of a mathematical problem.

When Shustov communicated with Driffeld, the other party said that it was equivalent to finding a general property for all smooth manifolds.

That is, each smooth manifold has a uniquely determined "center".

But for the Haibo algorithm and the Haibo constant, he was noncommittal.

There is no problem in theory, but in fact, whether this theory is true or not, Blue Star currently has no ability to falsify it.

Just like Goldbach's conjecture, everyone can't find a counterexample to falsify it, but there is no way to prove it.

Just based on the soul observation experiment and the will influence reality experiment given by Merlin, everyone defaults to what Merlin said is true.

And for example, a certain planet itself has no intelligent life, but the intelligent life on other planets in the same planetary system has transformed it into a habitable planet and immigrated to this planet.

So does this kind of planet satisfy Heber's algorithm?

This is not just his feeling. Many scientists in Blue Star have always had countless puzzles about this set of theories put forward by Merlin and wanted to ask Merlin.

After such a long period of research, scientific research teams from various countries have gained a better understanding of the soul, but this understanding is only observational.

For example, some dogs have souls while others don’t. Can creatures of the same species still have soul differences?
The soul will appear under a certain wavelength of light, why it cannot be observed when a person is alive, and why the soul will leave the body after death.

What kind of particles does the soul dissipate in the air, and what impact it will have on the environment.

The scientists of Blue Star don't say that the research is fruitful. They even have no idea how to start the research on the soul, what kind of controlled experiments to formulate, and what goals they want to achieve.

It's like giving X-rays to the ancients. They only knew how to use them, but they didn't know the truth behind them.

In the Oak Grove Laboratory, the 19-year Nobel laureate Jha has been working here for half a year, but there has been no progress in research for half a year.

He felt that he knew no more than he knew half a year ago.

The essential problem of the soul has not been broken through in the slightest.

Jha said: "We need to conduct a qualitative analysis of the soul. What kind of particle is the soul after the death of intelligent life?"

"We've verified experimentally that it's not an elementary particle we already know."

"Will string theory be correct? The basic unit of nature is a closed string. Different vibrations of the closed string produce different elementary particles. The soul is an elementary particle that we have not discovered?"

Weiteng was also invited to the Oak Forest Laboratory. Weiteng, who is only 70 years old, is still quick in thinking:

"It's possible, but these are completely our imaginations, and there is no evidence to prove it!"

Jha joked: "If you can indirectly prove string theory through the existence of the soul, you will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement alone."

"With M-theory, you can get two!"

Witten: "I hope to exchange two Nobel Prizes for a Magic Coin. Simmons shows off in front of me a lot!"

(End of this chapter)