Chapter 367: Ice and Fire Double Heaven
This year, the space telescope Hubble is orbiting 25th.
In 1990, the Hubble Telescope was launched, proving that black holes are ubiquitous in the universe, making the concept of dark matter deeply rooted in people's minds.
Many astronomers would divide world astronomy into two parts, with the Hubble Telescope as the dividing line. Before the launch of the Hubble Telescope in 1990, astronomers could only see a limited number of galaxies 7 billion light-years away.
Half the age of the universe.
Through the Harper Extremely Deep Field, astronomers have seen for the first time what the true appearance of young galaxies looks like. The Harper Extremely Deep Field is the most profound image of the universe known to humans on Earth, revealing the most distant and faintest galaxies. It
It also allows astronomers to look back to an earlier time in the universe than before.
Over the past 25 years, the Hubble Telescope has taken countless beautiful photos of nebulae, which have deeply attracted countless people who are curious about the starry sky and the universe. For example, the dust pillars in the Monkey Head Nebula, the Cat's Eye Nebula, and the Creation in the Eagle Nebula.
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The 'Pillars of Creation' in the Eagle Nebula is one of the most famous photographic works of the Harper Telescope and a favorite of many people. In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Harper Telescope, the Harper Telescope used the latest technology to take pictures
'Pillars of Creation'.
Of course, this year seems to be a busy year for the universe. The Kepler Space Telescope, not willing to be ignored, has also released its latest results. This year they found the Earth-like planet 'Kepler-452b' with a similarity of 0.98 to the Earth.
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This is not the first Earth-like planet Kepler has found, but it is the most similar one.
Countless people are excited, thinking that in their lifetime, they can see humans colonize this super-Earth-like planet, and they can live on the new Earth.
Speaking of which, the Kepler Space Telescope is definitely ill-fated. It uses four reaction wheels to control the search. Only at least three of them can work properly to carry out the mission. One of the reaction wheels failed in 2012.
Did it just affect the fine-tuning of the telescope? After the second reaction wheel broke in May 2013, the project had to be suspended.
After many repairs failed, NASA once announced that it would abandon the telescope and the mission was terminated early. However, NASA engineers with great imagination thought of using "pressure" to boost sunlight to achieve the same effect as the "virtual reaction wheel".
Finally, after a period of attempts, the Kepler telescope was successfully restored, and it was this enlightenment that allowed the earth to discover Kepler-452b.
Of course, it was also this year that a new joke appeared in the world. That was the Apasco radio telescope in Australia. The mysterious signal that had long troubled the research team was received this year and was confirmed to come from a nearby microwave oven.
However, this is just a small episode in the exploration of the universe, and it brings a little laughter to the world.
This year, the exploration of the universe goes beyond these achievements.
For example, the New Horizons spacecraft launched ten years ago also sent back the first clear close-up photo of Pluto this year.
For example, NASA discovered the existence of liquid water on Mars this year, which explained the strange texture of Mars. This discovery has far-reaching significance for future landings on Mars and the exploration and development of Mars.
The presence of water means that Mars, a close neighbor of the Earth, may have life, or life once existed, or even a glorious civilization that once became extinct due to various reasons.
At the same time, it also means that in the future, we will land on Mars and develop Mars. Humans can survive on Mars for a long time because there is water. If there is water, we can plant crops and electrolyze water to obtain oxygen. Instead of rushing away and returning like the moon landing,
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At the same time, NASA announced the list of astronauts who will participate in the first commercial spacecraft mission, which also attracted much attention. Every astronaut on the list attracted attention and heated discussion.
While students were still enjoying their two-month summer vacation, on August 24, a team from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands announced that they had designed and conducted the most rigorous experiment to date, proving the validity of quantum mechanics.
'Action at a distance' is real and is a death sentence for Einstein's hidden variable theory.
This new discovery can also promote research on quantum encryption technology.
What's interesting is that Einstein hated quantum mechanics at a distance and called it "ghostly interaction". This year happens to be the 100th anniversary of the theory of relativity.
But during the busy summer vacation, A-shares went from being hot to hot and suddenly entered the cold winter.
After mid-June, A-shares continued to fall. The small and medium-sized boards and the GEM rose sharply before, and now they have fallen sharply. From mid-to-late June alone, the small and medium-sized boards and the GEM both increased by 15.86% and 19.31%.
The decline set a historical record, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index also fell below 4,000 points from its highest point of 5,178 points.
The management repeatedly stepped in to rescue the market, resulting in a strange scene, that is, even though the stock market was clearly falling, they continued to report on measures to rescue the market and good news. As a result, scenes of thousands of stocks falling to the limit during the session were still common.
On the first trading day of July, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index fell again by 5.23%, which seemed to herald a 'nightmare' for the stock market. It plummeted continuously for several days, and even fell at the opening. On July 9, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index
It hit 3373.54 points, and the hearts of stock investors seemed to be broken.
The management has frequently made big moves to save the market: suspending IPOs, prohibiting bare shorting of futures, increasing margin ratios, increasing holdings of Securities Finance and Huijin, brokerage firms collectively bailing out the market, cutting interest rates and reserve requirements multiple times, listed companies "choose one from five" to maintain stability, etc. More than 20 measures
The "bailout gold medals" were offered one after another.
Unfortunately, this ultimate move only lasts for a few days. Once the popularity is over, it continues to plummet.
Just when investors were getting through the 'nightmare' in July and looking forward to a wonderful journey in August to give themselves some blood, the 'King's Woman' appeared on the scene in August. Starting from August 18, the management once again
After announcing the clean-up of over-the-counter capital allocation, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index suffered a sharp decline, falling by more than 20% in 8 trading days. However, many private equity and large investors who escaped the first stage of decline fell on the road to bargain hunting at this stage. Hundreds of private equity funds
After being liquidated, many well-known private equity funds that have been in the A-share market for several years announced their liquidation. After some accounts worth hundreds of millions were liquidated, only a few hundred thousand yuan remained.
As of the end of August, the number of institutional accounts with more than 100 million yuan decreased by 2,450 in 3 months since 5178. The number of new accounts opened in August decreased by 33.20% compared with July, and dropped by nearly 60% compared with June. As of the end of August, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index
It fell 12.79%, and the small and medium-sized board and GEM fell 14.43% and 21.38% respectively.
If it were in the United States or Europe, in such a stock market, there would definitely be many investors and fund managers who would jump from the rooftop of the building to bid farewell to this bleak world.
In China, it is simply a happy place. Stock investors are wailing, and private equity funds are being liquidated. But the wailing is still wailing, and it is not necessarily true that some people will learn from their counterparts in Europe and the United States and use their own actions to apologize.
It can be seen from this that those in the stock market who are speculating on the so-called "integration with international standards" should just listen.
When Kowloon University officially welcomed a new batch of Xiaomengxin to join this big home, Liu Yichen also started to buy back the shares of Dahan Technology Group.
A-shares have fallen so miserably. As the largest A-share stock and the listed company with the highest market value, Dahan Technology Group is no exception.
September 1st is the opening date for new students at Kowloon University. Sophomores, graduate students, and doctoral students return to school to end their summer vacation.
The freshmen, on the other hand, arrived at Kowloon University with anxiety, expectation, and yearning.
Some of them arrived a few days early and spent a few days playing here with their parents.
Some of them only arrived yesterday or even today.
Compared with September 1st last year, this year no teachers showed up at the registration office. Instead, sophomore student volunteers completed the event after several days of training.
Many sophomore students were so moved that they cried when they heard Xiao Mengxin shouting "senior~" and "senior sister~". They finally experienced the feeling of being a "senior" or "senior sister".
No need to envy your classmates in other schools.
The green channel for various student loans is right next to the registration. Freshmen in need can apply for loans as soon as possible. The interest rates are quite low, and they only need to work officially after graduating from college to repay these loans.
Because there is a school as a guarantee, the main body is also the school, and the bank only acts as an intermediary, so the bank is quite active, there is no risk at all, and it can still earn interest.
Of course, major banks have already opened branches in schools. After all, everyone knows that there will be many potential customers here, and they will all be high-quality customers.
In the same way, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom have also set up tents in schools to handle business, and they are right next to the registration office and dormitories, using various means to compete for customers.
If you compete for one more customer, your opponent will have one less customer.
College students have always been a powerful consumer group, and the economy of countless places has been driven by college students.
Many cities have even promoted university towns and moved the universities in the area together to form a university town to drive the economic development of the region.
For example, Ludao next door promotes the establishment of a university town, with Ludao Institute of Technology, Jimei University, Huaqiao University (Ludao Campus), and Ludao Institute of Technology gathered together.
It's a pity that because Ludao University is located on the island and motionless, this so-called college student has always been a bit confused.
After all, those several schools bundled together are not as good as Ludao University.
Kowloon University, on the other hand, is alone. There are only one Kowloon University and Ludao University (Shuixiangang Campus) in the entire Shuixiangang New Town, but the two schools are 15 kilometers apart.
Moreover, the Kowloon University campus is also relatively far from the center of Narcissus Harbor New Town, and is currently a relatively remote place.
Only buildings that are visible to the naked eye are rising from the ground, and residential areas are being built one after another. In a few years, a quite prosperous urban area will be formed here.
However, this point was taken into consideration when it was originally constructed. A green belt was formed around the school to isolate the bustling city, allowing the school as a whole to remain relatively independent.
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Chapter completed!