Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1412: Twin Brothers_3

Chapter 1412: Chapter 638: Twin Brothers_3

Li Banfeng knew nothing about Magnetic Storm Study, and finding a book wasn’t going to be easy. After browsing the library for a long time, he saw a notification on the LED screen.

Professor Xie Jinning, an expert in the field of magnetic storms, will hold an academic conference today…

Xie Jinning?

Li Banfeng looked at the book in his hand.

This collection of essays included three papers on Magnetic Storm Study, all written by Xie Jinning.

This is a big name in the field of Magnetic Storm Study, so Li Banfeng quickly ran to the academic lecture hall.

Upon reaching the entrance of the lecture hall, Li Banfeng discovered the LED screen notification he hadn’t read thoroughly.

The notification stated that Xie Jinning’s academic conference, originally scheduled for today, was postponed to next month, and Professor Zhao Zhihong, an astronomy professor, would be substituting for him today.

In fact, even next month, Xie Jinning might not be able to make the academic conference, as he is one of the few magnetic storm experts in the country and has been called up for preparations.

Who is this Zhao Zhihong? Li Banfeng felt the name was somewhat familiar, like he had seen it somewhere before.

None of the faculty and students from the electromagnetic field attended the conference, but a few people from astronomy did.

The conference hasn’t started yet, and they were talking at the door.

“Why are you attending Professor Zhao’s conference?”

“Aren’t you here as well?”

“I wanted to broaden my horizons. It’s said that his presentations are particularly interesting.”

“They’re incredibly interesting. Haven’t you seen those marketing posts he put out? Quite a few platforms have banned him.”

Hearing about how unique this person was, Li Banfeng also entered the lecture hall, curious to see just how interesting this person was.

The lecture hall had a sparse audience of dozens of people, and Li Banfeng found a seat in the back row.

Zhao Zhihong was a man in his early forties, wearing a suit and tie, with his hair neatly combed.

From his appearance alone, the professor seemed to take this conference very seriously.

He opened his courseware and began by explaining the theory of the Sun’s orbit.

“Everyone here knows that our Sun orbits the center of the Milky Way at a speed of 250 kilometers per second, with an orbital period of approximately 220 million years…”

Li Banfeng listened with great interest, while the astronomy students began to lose patience.

To them, this was basic knowledge, and they weren’t there to learn.

When talking about the Sun’s orbital path, Zhao Zhihong stood in the center of the stage, his tone becoming significantly more profound: “From my university days, I have been engaged in astronomy research for more than two decades. From the first time I came into contact with data on the Sun’s orbit, I have been deeply fascinated by this field of study.”

Laughter erupted from the audience.

Li Banfeng didn’t find what was so funny.

A student behind him chuckled: “Here it comes, he’s about to begin.”

Zhao Zhihong displayed a set of data on the screen, showing the orbital radius of the Sun around the Milky Way. Li Banfeng still couldn’t see the humor in it, but the astronomy students around him kept laughing.

Zhao Zhihong conducted a simple analysis of the data: “Our Sun orbits around the center of the Milky Way on an elliptical path. It’s more of a perfect circle because the eccentricity is very low.

On such a well-shaped orbit, the Sun will exhibit irregular movements at certain times. What causes this? Has any student thought about this question?”

Zhao Zhihong highlighted several key pieces of data in red, looking expectantly at the dozens of audience members.

Everyone remained silent, waiting for his answer.

Zhao Zhihong declared resolutely: “Because the Sun has a twin brother!”

The audience burst into laughter again.

Li Banfeng remembered who this person was.

The laughter didn’t dampen Professor Zhao’s enthusiasm, as he continued: “This claim may seem strange to everyone, but this twin brother indeed exists. It all starts with the Sun’s birth.”

Li Banfeng realized who this person was.

On the subway, Li Banfeng had come across similar articles. He first read about the short-robed general Qiao Yuesheng, then the famous singer Chu Zikai, and the third article he saw was about the Sun’s twin brother.

Because all three articles began from their birth, Li Banfeng hadn’t paid close attention. He never imagined that the source of those articles would be a university professor.

Professor Zhao continued his explanation: “As everyone knows, our Sun was born 4.6 billion years ago. Back then, our Sun was merely a relatively loose nebula.

Under the influence of its own gravity, the solar nebula began to slowly collapse, with matter gathering towards the center. The temperature and pressure in the central area increased constantly.

When it reached a certain level, hydrogen nuclei underwent nuclear fusion reactions, emitting energy outward and balancing with the inward gravitational force, forming the Sun.

But has anyone thought about whether the nebula that formed the Sun was so vast and uniformly dense? Some might say it was just a coincidence that the nebula which formed our star was distributed so evenly!

I want to tell everyone that such coincidences do occur, but the odds are minuscule. The solar nebula wasn’t as uniform as one might think. During the collapse process, it formed several lumps of varying sizes.

These lumps collided and merged, forming two larger protostars. One is our Sun, the other is the Sun’s twin brother.

So someone might ask, are these two twin brothers really identical?