Beneath Deep Space

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll be there right away."

After Yu Yifeng hung up the phone, he immediately said goodbye to Xu Yunjin and others, and then set off for the Deep Space Observatory.

"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Yu Yifeng asked slightly panting as soon as he entered the door.

A large group of astronomers were discussing several photos. When they saw Yu Yifeng, they immediately gathered around.

"Look at the white spots on the surface of this planet... we suspect... a nuclear bomb! It's a nuclear bomb!" a young astronomer said excitedly.

Yu Yifeng squinted his eyes and took a closer look at the picture in front of him. It was an astronomical photo of the planet Dige 114, which is about 6.8 light years away.

These photos are too blurry, and when magnified many times, the brightness is very dim, and the resolution is not high.

Just from these photos, he, an outsider, didn't see anything wrong...

The fact is that even if humans have become a true interstellar civilization, there is no way to clearly observe Earth-like planets 6 light-years away...

This is not because the telescope cannot be made stronger and bigger, nor is it because the manufacturing technology is insufficient, but...the universe itself has a limit of resolution!

On the scale of quantum mechanics, scientists believe that there are virtual particles in the universe. Subsequent physical experiments also continued to observe and confirm these particle phenomena.

When light from the distant universe passes through long-distance space, the space-time foam caused by virtual particles will interfere with the light. This interference is also a bottleneck of radio telescopes.

Therefore, there is a limit to the resolution of the universe, and there is also an upper limit to the diameter of a radio telescope. Once this upper limit is reached, no matter how much you adjust the aperture size, you will not be able to see clearer or farther away.

Unless humans come up with new theories and develop new observation techniques, we can circumvent the limitations of electromagnetic wave observation...

It is difficult to observe. This is also a natural protective barrier for low-level civilizations!

"Is there anything wrong with this photo?" Yu Yifeng asked with some confusion after looking at it for a long time to no avail.

The researcher pointed to a place in the photo, where there was a white dot of about one or two pixels: "Look, this white dot is an obvious abnormal data."

"In the six months of video recording, this white spot appeared three times in total! Each time lasted about one or two seconds."

"Why do you say it's a nuclear bomb? Is there any basis for it?" Yu Yifeng asked again.

This photo has been enlarged many times, and the resolution itself is relatively poor. There seems to be nothing unreasonable about a white spot...

"This is just a guess."

Another middle-aged man's voice came to my ears, which was Professor Thomson from the observatory: "These photos were taken during the curvature voyage. You know, in the curvature bubble, all observed astronomical images must be restored by computers. , the amount of calculation for this part of the data is very large.”

"It wasn't until a few days ago that all this data was processed. The anomalies in these photos were also discovered and given by the computer..."

"We analyzed it and found that there may be several white light spots in total."

"What is it?" Yu Yifeng asked with interest.

If this white spot is indeed a light spot caused by a nuclear bomb, then...Dige 114 has at least the existence of a modern civilization!

Moreover, there is still an internal war going on!

nuclear war!

This is more interesting, a civilization with nuclear bombs? Yu Yifeng held his chin and thought.

After all, "Dige 114" is people's first target next. If its existence is confirmed, strategies will need to change.

Professor Thomson said calmly: "The first reason may be the natural exposure phenomenon of the astronomical telescope... There are also certain lights on the surface of our Deep Space spacecraft, and perhaps they interfere with the work of the telescope."

"Second, there may be some problems with the algorithm of our computer image restoration system, and there are bugs in the processing of certain photos. We are also checking this aspect."

Yu Yifeng nodded.

"The first two are internal factors of our instrument. The third possibility is that a nuclear war is indeed breaking out on this planet! Because... the images we observed were not just once, but three times!"

"...This kind of nuclear bomb must be of a higher yield, so it has such a strong brightness."

Yu Yifeng frowned tightly. He is thinking about another issue: The new human civilization still does not have a very clear diplomatic strategy... What should it do if it encounters a civilization with a higher level of technology?

We should find an opportunity to discuss this matter.

He subconsciously asked: "Is there any other reason? Does such luminosity require a larger nuclear bomb to produce it?"

"Yes!"

A young researcher nodded seriously and said: "Unless someone is more than 6 light years away and shines a highly concentrated laser at our telescope... This is almost impossible!"

"In other words, a very large ion engine similar to Deep Space also has such luminosity. They are not testing interstellar spacecraft, are they? I think the probability is quite low..."

Having said that, Yu Yifeng will not give up thinking in this area just because the probability is low. Maybe "Dige 114" also gave birth to an interstellar civilization?

Deep Space's engines do indeed shine brightly!

He expressed his doubts, and it was always a good idea to be careful.

However, Professor Thomson shook his head disapprovingly: "Ion engine? Impossible. In the video, such a light spot only lasted for a few seconds, and then quickly dimmed. It is impossible for the ion engine to only work for a few seconds... …”

Several people discussed it again, but to no avail.

Finally, Yu Yifeng said helplessly: "Let's eliminate the technical factors first, and then closely observe the 'Dige 114 planet' to see if the same situation will happen again..."

"Now there is no curvature bubble on the surface of the spacecraft, and the telescope should be able to directly observe the other party. We will stay on this planet for a while... you should observe closely during this period!"

In this way, Yu Yifeng left the observatory full of thoughts, and at the same time, he also thought of more things.

He believes that... the development of stronger frigates, that is, the "Titan" class, must be faster!

Destruction is always easier than creation. Primitive people can paralyze tanks even if they rely on trap stones.

The weapons of low-level civilizations also pose a certain threat to humans, and that is... nuclear bombs!

Nuclear bombs are simple and crude, and humans have not yet invented a weapon more powerful than it.

Although the new human civilization is an interstellar civilization, its foundation is really poor. It is only a mothership!

If the Deep Space was hit face-to-face by a large-yield nuclear bomb, it wouldn't be able to survive... If it was blown up, it would be unthinkable!

Its defense capability is really not good, and it cannot survive a trillion-ton tetrahydrogen nuclear bomb.

Yu Yifeng couldn't help but think of Hei's suggestion: transform the metal planet into a planet-level spacecraft right here...

Planet-level spaceships have rough skin and thick flesh. Facing ordinary nuclear bombs, their skin will only break a little, so it doesn't matter...

But when he thought about the amount of work, Yu Yifeng's scalp went numb and he immediately gave up the idea.

The mass of this planet alone is 700 billion tons, and the Deep Space is only in the 10 billion tons level... It is not the same order of magnitude at all, but a difference of hundreds of millions of times!

It’s not that humans don’t want to, it’s that they are powerless!