Chapter 13 The Picture Under the Astronomical Telescope
"Tabutar?" Supervisor Horner narrowed his eyes, and the pleats on his forehead became denser as his eyes moved.
He said earnestly: "Sam, it is worthy of praise to maintain curiosity and awe in the face of the deep universe. I know every move you come to work in the Astronomy Center. You love this career very much."
Horner first praised Sam's work attitude, then changed the subject and reminded: "But you cannot regard your curiosity as ignorance or fantasy! Our observation of the Tabutar Galaxy is very detailed, and life cannot exist there."
He patted Sam on the shoulder with his generous palm.
Although the Tabutar Galaxy also has a star like them, there are only two gaseous celestial bodies in the habitable zone of the Tabutar Galaxy. This is what I am telling them directly that it is not suitable for the growth and reproduction of civilizations!
Sam naturally understood this truth, but he was not willing to accept it when he was young. The gaseous celestial bodies might not be suitable for them.
But in the infinite space of the universe, who knows whether some kind of life will be born that can reproduce and prosper on gaseous celestial bodies?
And the strange electromagnetic interference frequency made him always believe in his judgment.
"Supervisor, this is abnormal frequency feedback, and I think it is necessary for us to conduct a closer inspection. If, if you are willing to me, I can continue to observe alone."
Horner was stunned for a moment, then laughed. Looking at the young Sam in front of him, he felt that the other party looked like he was when he was young. At that time, when he saw any strange cosmic phenomenon through the astronomical telescope, he would scream and be so excited that he could not control himself.
He felt that he would discover aliens, or alien life at any time.
Until he worked here for nearly 40 years, he would feel that he was so childish and cute when he looked back.
Of course, he did not object to the young people's enthusiasm for exploring the universe.
After all, he came here like this, who can refuse? Such a magnificent, vast, and colorful deep space in the universe?
"Of course, as long as you don't delay formal work, you can conduct your exploration and research at any time." Horner encouraged and left with a smile.
With the encouragement of his boss, Sam was immediately full of confidence. He turned the direction of the astronomical telescope little by little and aimed at the direction of the Tabutal galaxy.
Regarding this Proxima galaxy, he has been full of fantasy since childhood. Because he is very close, this galaxy has been mentioned in many works by the Tallinns.
Whether it is the alien heroes in children's books or some recorded unofficial history, the emperor of a certain country has received gifts from the higher civilizations of the Tabutar Galaxy, etc., this shows the Tallins' yearning for this galaxy.
Calibrated at the right angle, Sam started to view the Tabutal galaxy through the telescope.
Astronomical observation is not a fast reaction process, but it will be very slow. Because when you watch, the image you present is almost still.
If you want to find the difference, it will take a very long time to see the changes.
Sam, who is familiar with this situation, will naturally not be in a hurry. He is ready to observe the Tabutal galaxy for several months or even one or two years.
The passage of time is always unintentional.
It took two months in a flash, and Sam's observation did not make any progress.
His supervisor Horner also asked once. After learning that Sam had not discovered anything, he did not persuade the other party to give up. Instead, he encouraged: "Astronomy is a long academic study. Just like the boundless universe, it often takes one year or even several years to observe the changes of a certain galaxy. Your curiosity drives you to discover it and observe it, and you cannot give up halfway."
Sam nodded heavily. Every day after completing his work tasks, he would always watch the images recorded by the astronomical telescope.
It is very difficult and eye-consuming to stare at images that have almost no changes every day.
Although computer comparison abnormal filtering was performed, many duplicate images were excluded.
But even so, he hadn't had three bottles of eye drops in the past two months, but his sour eyes still made him feel itchy and very uncomfortable.
He began to wonder if he needed to go to the ophthalmology department to see a doctor.
One month later.
Sam, who was busy working, suddenly heard the prompt sound of the computer. He quickly put down the work at hand and came to his private computer.
A black and white deep space image appears on a computer screen, which is a satellite surrounding the Bromi gas planet in the habitable zone of the Tabutal Galaxy.
The Blomi Gas Planet has two satellites, named Blomi I and Blomi II.
Sam, who was familiar with the Tabutal Galaxy, immediately determined that this was the Bromi-2 satellite, because only this satellite was irregularly elliptical, like an unpolished rock.
And in the upper left corner of the Bromi-2 satellite, a black blurred object appeared in the shadow of light, and the shadow formed was recorded by the astronomical telescope and transmitted back.
"This is!"
The moment Sam saw this square object, his hair stood up all over his body, his eyes wide open!
He quickly opened the previously recorded images and compared the images at the same location.
Looking back one by one, he finally compared the image of the same position two months ago. From the image of the image two months ago, Sam was shocked to find that there was nothing here!
In order to confirm that this image was not a peak in Bromy II, Sam quickly opened the database of the Astronomy Center and searched for a large amount of image data that had been left in the past.
Through the image search tool, Sam quickly found tens of thousands of similar images in a huge database.
Looking at so many images, Sam not only did not feel a headache, but was very excited. His spirit was extremely excited at this moment, comparing the past one by one.
But as the images were searched one by one, Sam's brow gradually frowned, and he discovered many images similar to those taken this time.
Did you feel happy in vain?
A strong sense of disappointment surged in my heart, and Sam's comparison speed gradually slowed down.
From night to day, and then to night. Sam kept comparing photos and images, eating whatever he wanted when he was hungry and drinking whatever he wanted when he was thirsty.
Horner, who came to the astronomical center in the morning, saw Sam suddenly start to compare the starry sky images like crazy. He just shook his head and smiled slightly, and did not disturb him.
Temporarily hand over the work he has at his hands to other members.
It was not until the third day that Sam collapsed on the seat, his eyes were covered in blood, and he looked at the images on the computer screen in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.
Horner, who had been paying attention to Sam silently, stood behind him at this time. Looking at Sam who was in a daze, he was ready to comfort him.
After all, every member who comes to work in the Astronomy Center will have more or less experience like this.
Just as he walked to Sam with a smile and was about to pat him on the shoulder.
But Sam suddenly bounced up from the chair and rushed towards the computer screen, his head almost pressed against the computer screen. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the shadow on the top of the shadow, which was extremely tiny and tiny black dot like sand.
When he observed carefully, he was shocked to find that there were more than one such black dot, but many!
Under Horner's shocked eyes, he rushed to enlarge the picture continuously, and then the black dots gradually appeared clearly into blurred squares.
Although I can't see clearly what these are.
But Sam is sure this is definitely not a cosmic dust or meteorite!
Chapter completed!