Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 162: Spacecraft accident
The "Zizi" noise in the earphones became louder and louder, and seeing that several observation equipment were damaged by strong radiation, Zhang Yuan hurriedly said loudly: "Temporarily turn off these equipment... Only keep the astronomical observation equipment, record All the astronomical data! By the way, how much has the temperature on the surface of the spacecraft risen?"
The Ruowuruowu sense of crisis has risen to the extreme, and his breathing can't help but become heavy.
The rotation axis of the star Eta Carina is aligned with the direction of the earth. When the supernova explodes, the biggest disaster in the universe, the gamma-ray burst, will be ejected from the rotation axis.
The energy of gamma-ray burst is estimated to be equal to or even more than the total energy released by the sun in its entire 10 billion-year life cycle!
The spacecraft has been able to escape the attack range theoretically after 2700 voyages... So this time the supernova explosion will not have much impact on the spacecraft, at most it is equivalent to exposing it to a bit of strong sunlight for a while. .
But... what if?
What if the calculation is wrong?
What if this gamma-ray burst deviated by a small angle and happened to be aimed at the spacecraft?
If the spacecraft is affected, 500,000 people will be finished!
"Damn it, it exploded at this time!" Zhang Yuan cursed fiercely in his heart, hurriedly operating the instruments to check the total condition of the spacecraft.
The light in front of him is getting stronger and stronger. Zhang Yuan held his breath. This is the first time he has witnessed the explosion of a supernova with his naked eyes.
through the thick glass, the light shone on the floor, and the floor quickly became extremely hot.
Colleagues around are watching various observation data jumping in the computer, and they are constantly reporting the situation.
"The temperature on the surface of the spacecraft is rising!"
"The amount of radiation in the observatory has greatly exceeded the standard...The energy of a single photon is about 400,000 times that of sunlight..."
"The temperature of the sun-facing side of the spacecraft has risen to degrees Celsius...still within a tolerable range."
After testing for about twenty minutes, everyone was a little relieved, "The temperature will not rise again in the short term. 600-700 degrees Celsius is already the limit. I don’t know if there will be a second outbreak."
"If it's just this...it won't be a big problem."
Zhang Yuan patted his chest, luckily it was a false alarm.
Since the supernova explosion does not cause much damage to the spacecraft. He is considering whether to inform the sober population on the spacecraft to come to the observatory to witness this supernova event.
However, adhering to the principle that more is worse than less, I quickly gave up the idea.
Everyone recovered from the initial panic, and then was very excited to record various data. Maybe the scientist who awakens in the future can discover new physical phenomena in various high-energy rays?
This kind of supernova explosion with a mass of one hundred times the sun can be described as a rare and small probability event in thousands of years. It can only last a few hours, and it can last for a week at most. Because the mass is too large and the explosion is too violent, it may not even be able to form a black hole afterwards, because almost all the matter was ejected violently at that moment.
Humans know very little about the explosion of this massive star. A complete record of the entire explosion process is very beneficial for future research.
Zhang Yuan suddenly remembered something and sighed: "Assuming that the calculation is accurate...I don't know what happened to the earth civilization being targeted, and whether it will be devastated by the supernova."
Several colleagues babbled, "I think there may be some impact, but it will not hurt the bones."
"Earth civilization is such an old-fashioned interstellar civilization after all. Even if technology has stagnated, it will not be what it used to be. If the sun explodes, there may be no way to resist it at close range, but it should be nothing to fight against supernovas 7,000 light-years away. Question..."
"Precautionary measures against this disaster have also been taken."
"By the way, if they have a neutrino observation device, they should discover the disaster a few hours earlier and arrange emergency evacuation."
Zhang Yuan nodded, "I hope they are lucky. All we can do now is to take care of ourselves."
The neutrinos exploded by supernovae may indeed run faster than gamma rays.
This is because photons may interact with various particles in the universe during their long journey. The speed of photons cannot reach the absolute speed of light in the true sense.
Some neutrinos have a speed close to the speed of light and hardly interact with anything.
So, in a chase that lasted for more than 7,000 years, the fastest neutrinos can often win for a few hours, bringing the first warning to mankind.
During this heated discussion, Zhang Yuan suddenly felt a wave of slight vibrations.
He hurriedly pressed his hand to the ground and felt it carefully. The subtleness of this vibration, looming, seemed to be transmitted through the machine with a buzzing feeling.
"Cock" in his heart!
Earth Age is an extremely stable spacecraft, especially the current nuclear fusion engine is completely shut down, relying on inertial navigation, it is almost impossible to have such a vibration!
There may be something wrong!
Zhang Yuan took a breath: "You guys continue to record here, I'll go back and have a look!"
There is no way to move at high speed in a vacuum environment. In order to speed up, Zhang Yuan even activated the precious jet device in the space suit.
quickly flew into the rail train, Lin Xuanxuan's panicked cry was heard from the earphones: "...it's not good!"
"...A room in the M area broke, and the helium gas filled in it is leaking out! Zhang Yuan, come on!"
Zhang Yuan was full of spirits, and the spaceship wall was destroyed!
The temperature of is a mere six hundred degrees... how is it possible? !
Generally speaking, when a living area is idle, in order to prevent oxygen from oxidizing the equipment in it, helium will be used instead of the air inside. The M area happens to be an idle area. Is it because of negligence in normal maintenance?
is impossible.
He frowned deeply, "I see, you find a place to hide first, don't go there to join in the fun! By the way~IndoMTL.com~Close all the air pressure gates near the hospital!"
In the next second, another soldier connected to the dedicated line: "Captain Zhang, a peripheral room in Area M suddenly broke, and we are trying to close the nearby air pressure door!"
"Do you know the specific reason?"
"We are investigating monitoring..."
There is another series of sloppy sounds coming into the earphones.
All kinds of noisy noise made Zhang Yuan upset, Zhang Yuan shouted into the headphones: "Everyone, put on spacesuits and stay away from the M zone!"
"Turn on the air pump, pump out the air in the surrounding area, and close all the surrounding air pressure gates!"
"Don’t feel bad about the leaked air! Don’t look over it. If you get sucked out, it’s dead!"
He didn't know exactly what happened, he just knew that the living area seemed to be hit by something, and then a gap was made.
but...
How is possible?
At this moment, Zhang Yuan thought a lot in his heart.
Is it possible that what hits the spaceship is moving close to the speed of light? Only then can it arrive almost at the same time as the supernova explosion.
But if it is a matter moving close to the speed of light, it can turn the spacecraft into real interstellar garbage with one shot, instead of what it is now, it just broke a small gap!
Or maybe... a meteorite happened to hit the spacecraft, which has nothing to do with this supernova?