"Yes, the probability is already quite high."
Fang Xu's voice of emotion came from the side: "I never thought that the Sun, on its deathbed, could leave a legacy for Jupiter. Perhaps, many years from now, the solar system could become a binary star system!"
“Dual Star System…” Lu Yongchang frowned the moment he heard the term.
He stared intently at the giant holographic image directly in front of him.
"No, that's not right!"
As he gazed at the massive crimson fireball in the center of the holographic projection, a flash of inspiration struck Lü Yongchang.
"We've overlooked something!" he suddenly shouted!
"Huh? What?" Fang Xu looked at Lü Yongchang with a puzzled expression.
"The mass lost by the Sun itself during the red giant process!"
Lu Yongchang's voice revealed a hint of excitement. He suddenly realized that he might be able to grasp the real reason for the solar anomaly!
"According to our previous model, the Sun would lose about 50% of its mass in the process of becoming a white dwarf."
"These ejected materials will exist in the surrounding area as nebulae."
"But now, the changes in the sun clearly do not conform to this model."
The NGC 5307 planetary nebula, with a white dwarf at its center.
At this point, a complex expression appeared in Lü Yongchang's eyes.
It's not just inconsistent, it's completely different!
Putting aside the timing of the Red Giant's development, the extent of its expansion is also off!
In normal predictive models, the red giant formed by the expansion of the sun would reach the orbit of Mars.
But both the new model and his past life experience told Lü Yongchang that the red giant formed by the sun had not even reached Earth's orbit before the helium flash occurred!
This huge difference means the loss of a large amount of mass, or rather, energy!
"Zero, based on the current state of the Sun, how much matter will the Sun eject during its entire red giant phase?"
Ignoring the questioning looks from Fang Xu and the others, Lü Yongchang directly gave the order to Zero.
“Professor, based on the current trend, the sun will eventually eject about 20% of its original mass,” Zero quickly answered Lü Yongchang’s question.
For it, the problem is not complicated.
Lü Yongchang's face darkened.
really!
A full 30% of the mass vanished into thin air into the universe!
Like Lü Yongchang, the expressions of the researchers present also changed drastically.
30% of the Sun's mass—that's an incredible figure!
Until the law of conservation of matter is overturned, there are only two situations that would lead to this phenomenon!
First, there was a calculation error.
second……
"Yongchang, you mean..." Fang Xu swallowed hard and asked in a low voice, "There's something inside the sun absorbing matter?"
Lü Yongchang nodded silently: "Or rather, it is absorbing the sun's energy."
Although he had similar conjectures in mind for a long time, this was the first time he had obtained direct evidence for these conjectures!
"What kind of technique is this?!"
"God……"
A murmur of discussion arose in the command hall.
Although everyone present had anticipated the unusual behavior of the sun, many still gasped in surprise upon hearing the news.
Directly extracting solar energy causes them to age prematurely; such a technology seems almost divine to modern humans!
"Everyone, calm down."
Hearing the murmurs around him, Lü Yongchang gently tapped the table in front of him.
"Whatever the reason why the sun became like this, it has nothing to do with us now."
"At the very least, a civilization capable of tampering with the sun is not one we can afford to mess with."
"What we need to do is stay as far away from this place of trouble as possible."
The command center fell silent instantly.
Although it's hard to accept, there's really nothing wrong with what they said.
After a moment of silence, Lü Yongchang changed the subject.
"Zero, simulate Jupiter again."
"This time, we'll also include the matter ejected by the sun."
Perhaps because there were more variables, Zero spent more than ten minutes calculating this time.
"Professor, according to the latest calculations, Jupiter, after its mass increases, will take away most of the nebular material, and its final mass will reach about 10%-15% of the Sun's."
"hiss!!!"
A collective gasp filled the command center.
"10%-15% of the Sun's mass, that's going to be a red dwarf!"
Fang Xu's exclamation came from the side.
A hint of surprise flashed in Lü Yongchang's eyes.
Even he didn't expect Jupiter to be so powerful, actually inheriting most of the mass ejected by the Sun!
As everyone gasped in amazement, a simulated image of the solar system began to play in the holographic projection directly in front of them.
With the helium flash of the Sun, the red giant process came to an end, and the Sun began to shrink until it became a supersolid white dwarf.
This white dwarf inherited 50% of the Sun's mass and rests quietly at the center of the solar system.
The large amount of material ejected during the Sun's red giant process was gradually captured by the massive Jupiter as it drifted around.
As time went on and Jupiter's mass increased, a dark red hue appeared on its surface.
Its mass reached the critical point, and the flames of deuterium fusion ignited within it!
At this moment, Jupiter was transformed from a gas giant into a brown dwarf.
After most of the nebulous material that permeated the solar system was absorbed by Jupiter, the color of its surface gradually brightened!
It became a red dwarf star!
Although it is the weakest star, it still possesses the power to rival a white dwarf!
In the simulation, the gravitational system of the entire solar system was in complete chaos.
Various celestial bodies scattered and flew around under the gravitational tug-of-war between the two.
Time flew by, and a stable binary system consisting of a red dwarf and a white dwarf gradually came into view.
"Holy crap..."
"Saturn and Uranus have become Jupiter's moons!"
"Neptune is also a satellite of the Sun..."
"incredible……"
The simulated scene before them drew gasps of amazement from everyone.
"How long ago was this?" Lü Yongchang stared at the screen and asked softly.
"Professor, probably 50,000 to 100,000 years from now."
Lu Yongchang immediately shrugged and said with a helpless expression, "Well, it seems we won't be able to see this amazing scene."
...
Ten days later.
A piercing alarm sounded in the command center of the Earth.
"alarm!"
"The solar storm is expected to reach Jupiter's orbit in thirty minutes!"
Inside the command center, everyone's expression turned serious.
Although Jupiter serves as a shield, humanity remains as vulnerable as an infant in the face of such a stellar-scale catastrophe; a single misstep could result in the destruction of the ship and the loss of life.
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