Putting aside the pure theoretical conjecture of the Big Bang, the most terrifying super high-energy Big Bang observed in the universe so far was undoubtedly the gamma-ray burst.
This was the most violent Big Bang in the universe. It really existed and occurred densely in the vast space of the universe, constantly threatening the existence of life.
This was because the gamma rays emitted were enough to kill all life along the way. The huge amount of energy released in a short period of time was comparable to the total energy released by hundreds of suns in a lifetime.
Even a single photon emitted was often hundreds of thousands of times the energy of the sun.
This kind of energy was born when a huge star collapsed and exploded when its fuel was exhausted. It was the enemy of life and the strongest killer in the universe.
Gamma-ray bursts occurred almost every day in the universe, and the direction was random. If a planet with life was unfortunately in the path of a gamma-ray burst, then the life on this celestial body would be annihilated. Because it happened so frequently, about one in ten million celestial bodies were swept by gamma-ray bursts.
Earth was once a member of the 'gamma-ray burst' list. It suffered a mass extinction, but it stubbornly survived. After a long period of desolation, life and civilization were born again.
On April 1, 2017, the lovely Earth welcomed the second visit of the 'Grim Reaper'.
From billions of light years away, an extremely dense neutron star collided with another neutron star, and a terrifying gamma-ray burst was released.
The explosion only radiated for forty-two seconds, but this energy vaporized many stars in its path. It rushed out of the galaxy and spread in the dark interstellar space for billions of years.
It was like a 'stray bullet of the Grim Reaper' that was randomly fired. No one wanted to be 'shot'.
Of course, life hoped that this unprecedented gamma-ray burst would exhaust its last bit of energy in the interstellar space and never enter the next galaxy.
However, things did not go as planned. A spiral galaxy happened to be in the trajectory of this' stray bullet ', and the super energy drilled into this galaxy with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of light years.
It was the unlucky Milky Way. After the baptism 500 million years ago, it welcomed the second time it hit the jackpot.
Of course, compared to the vastness of the universe, the propagation path of the gamma-ray burst was not very wide. If possible, the gamma-ray burst could sweep through a part of the galaxy and eventually be swallowed by the silver core black hole. This was the best result and also the most common result. After all, at the scale of the Milky Way, this level of energy was nothing. The silver core black hole could absorb and devour it all.
The only thing that could truly be considered a calamity was life itself.
Unfortunately, a galaxy that gave birth to a life-bearing planet happened to be in the path of transmission, and the civilization on it became the winner of the 'first prize'.
Moreover, because the gamma-ray burst was at the speed of light, the civilization on the life-bearing planet would not realize that they had won the lottery until they were destroyed.
The 'lucky one' was Earth.
A super gamma-ray burst cut in from a unique angle, and before it could evaporate the sun, it hit the earth first.
This one was not as powerful as the one five hundred million years ago. Its energy level was unprecedentedly strong. Although it consumed a lot of energy in the process of spreading, it was enough to make it impossible for Earth to nurture life. It would be in an extreme environment until the end of its lifespan.
The life on Earth would not have any reaction to the fatal blow. The moment they experienced all of this, they would instantly die.
However, nature made a huge joke at this moment. The universe itself was filled with countless coincidences, and there were always countless unknowns and miracles.
The moment the terrifying gamma-ray burst reached Earth's surface and rushed into the atmosphere, it mysteriously disappeared.
Not to mention the life forms on the surface, even the atmosphere itself didn't suffer much damage. The energy that was so great that even the sun could only tremble was gone. It was as if an invisible space had swallowed everything at this moment.
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The first to discover this gamma-ray burst was the Spitzer Space Observatory.
It was in the deep space orbit of the second Lagrange point. When the gamma storm arrived, it was on the other side of the Earth and was not attacked. It was not until an hour later that it detected the abnormal visible light and radiation background left in space.
A large amount of observation data was transmitted to Earth, and it directly caused NASA to panic.
"Gamma-Ray burst? The visible light was discovered in Earth's orbit? So close? "
"Not only that, but the energy level is also very high! According to the remnants, the transmission has exceeded the observation in 1999 by about ten times! "
"What! God, we're still alive? "
In 1999, a distant super gamma-ray burst was observed on Earth. The energy value was equivalent to the total energy released by the entire Milky Way in two thousand years.
That was already the largest gamma-ray burst observed in human history. Now, they had observed an even larger one, breaking the record.
The energy index was comparable to the total energy released by the entire Milky Way in twenty thousand years!
A terrifying astronomical figure. Of course, this was the peak of the radiation. After billions of years of transmission and attenuation, it was no longer enough to destroy Earth's molecular structure by the time it reached Earth. However, the radiation alone was enough to destroy Earth's ecological environment and turn it into hell.
At this moment, society on Earth seemed to be operating peacefully as if nothing had happened. There were no space station docking missions during this period, and there were no casualties in the various space station laboratories. Otherwise, when the gamma-ray burst arrived, as long as there were people in the space stations such as Tiangong-2 in near-Earth orbit, they would be the first to bear the brunt.
This bizarre phenomenon confused the staff of the various space agencies.
The staff of the various national observatories who subsequently observed the remnants of the "afterglow" were all scared out of their wits. Their faces were all pale as they muttered to themselves in fear.
"Why aren't we dead yet?"
Several aerospace engineers from China and Europe could not stand still. They leaned against the nearest place, their lips trembling.
This was too lucky. It was so lucky that it was unscientific and unreasonable!
It could only be explained as a coincidence. An unknown coincidence, perhaps extremely complicated, had allowed Earth to survive the disaster.
The bizarre survival of Earth alone was enough to make all human experts in the field of aerospace study for the next few decades, or even centuries.
Within a few hours after the incident, a joint research team was set up in the global aerospace field. Experts and engineers from China, Europe, and the United States shared data with each other and specifically researched and verified the doubtful points of the "lucky survival of Earth."
The first step of their research was whether or not to deny the fact that the gamma-ray burst had hit Earth. Once there was scientific evidence to deny this point, and they believed that the afterglow in space was just an astronomical illusion, then it would be reasonable for Earth to be spared.
However, the iron-clad data showed that all of this could not be an optical illusion. This was because there were too many objects in outer space that had been subjected to intense gamma-ray impacts. Many of the space observation satellites that had been impacted were directly scrapped.
"Was Earth really in the transmission path? Did it just brush past the edge? "
"No … No, it hit Earth directly … The direction of the source was inclined towards the North Pole. The path did not pass by the Sun or Jupiter. Look at that! This is the visible light spectrum of the afterglow of the gamma-ray burst. It's too obvious. It slanted into the ecliptic plane and hit Earth! It even touched the atmosphere! "
"Unbelievable. The gamma-ray burst passed through Earth, and we are still unharmed?"
"No, no, no … It didn't pass through! Look! The transmission path stopped abruptly at Earth. There is no radiation on the other side. This means that when the gamma-ray burst reached Earth … it disappeared! "
"Disappeared … What do you mean? Was it absorbed by Earth? Or was it refracted by the atmosphere? "
"How is that possible? Do you know how much energy is needed to destroy Earth? In terms of equivalents, it only needs 70 tons of TNT! "
Gai was ten thousand capitals, 10 to the twentieth power. It was a huge unit of quantity.
However, the equivalent of so many tons of TNT was nothing compared to the total energy value of the gamma-ray burst.
The physicist said, "The energy released by the Sun in a day is equivalent to 80 tons of TNT. It's enough to blow up Earth once! On this basis, if it's increased by ten times, the energy is enough to blow Earth into dust and send all the wreckage flying out of the solar system. "
"You can imagine how much energy the Sun has released over ten billion years."
Another physicist said, "I've calculated this. It's about 1.8 times 10 to the 48th power Joule. It's enough to destroy Earth … the 25th power of 10 … back. "
"Yes! And this is only the energy released by the gamma-ray burst in 0.0002 seconds. Now, do you still think Earth is qualified to absorb this energy? There's also refraction … Even if our atmosphere has a coincidence that we can't understand and miraculously refracts the energy, where did it go? "
"We only observed the afterglow of the gamma-ray burst … but there's no trace of it leaving … Could all of this be …"
"The protection of God?"
After that, everyone fell silent.
With their knowledge, they were helpless to solve this mystery. They felt particularly ignorant.
Although they were very happy to be alive, as scientists, they sadly discovered that there was no reasonable explanation for the luck of mankind.
The result of the first meeting of the joint research team was only to name the gamma-ray burst as "Gentle Death."
This day was April 1st. In the city, it might be April Fool's Day. But in the field of aerospace in various countries, top scholars would not treat it as April Fool's Day, but as a lucky day for mankind.
For the time being, the countries did not intend to make this incident public. But it would not be long before many civil institutions in society observed the afterglow of the "Gentle Death."
Experts and scholars who had countless doubts about this had no idea that at the moment when the "Gentle Death" descended and disappeared.
In a small inland city in China, a young man directly fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
He was just a passerby on the street. He was still walking energetically, but the next second, he seemed to have been hit by something and fainted.
Although there seemed to be no external injuries, there were still kind-hearted bystanders who came forward to check on him.
After discovering that he had really fainted, they hurriedly called 120 and sent him to the hospital for emergency treatment.
The whole process was just a trivial matter in the city. It was not even considered news.
No one would think that this would have any far-reaching impact.
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