Every time the two discover a single-cell prokaryote and virus, they will compare the relevant data they detected with the single-cell prokaryotes and viruses existing on the earth.
The more they discovered, the more surprised they became.
In this short period of time, the two discovered a total of 300 different single-celled prokaryotes and 230 types of viruses.
The most important thing is that most of them can find corresponding single-cell prokaryotes and viruses on the earth. The only five types of single-cell prokaryotes and three viruses that cannot be found.
After knowing this result, Zhang Gaoming said categorically: "There must be some connection between life on the moon and life on earth, otherwise there would not be such a coincidence."
"Yes! This is such a coincidence. The only explanation is that life on the moon and the earth have the same origin." Xu Zhengping said.
Su Zhe thought for a while and said, "It's too early to tell now. The comparison we are making is only the structure of single-cell prokaryotes and viruses. The details will be determined after we compare the genetic materials."
"It's almost time to break through the ice, and the time is almost up. We will bring some samples back to the lunar base. There are laboratories on the moon to test the genetic material of these single-cell prokaryotes and viruses." Fan Xiaoming said.
While several people were discussing, the ice was broken through.
Under the ice is a layer of black material.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming used handheld imaging scanners to scan.
Boy, the red light on the handheld imaging scanner keeps flashing.
There are countless single-celled prokaryotes and viruses in a place as big as a palm.
"This... these black materials are probably the sediments of the moon's ancient ocean." Zhang Gaoming sighed.
"I think so too." Xu Zhengping said.
"Since all the single-cell prokaryotic substances and viruses discovered exist in the palm-sized black matter, then we don't need to collect those ice cubes, just collect these black substances!" Fan Xiaoming said.
Under the illumination of the light, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming handed the handheld imaging scanners to the staff who followed them.
The two worked together and used tools to collect three palm-sized samples from different locations and put them into the sample box.
Fan Xiaoming carried the sample box, looked at Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming and said: "Go back, go back to the lunar base, measure the genetic material of these single-cell prokaryotes and viruses, and then compare it with that on the earth, we can determine the life of the moon. and the relationship between life on earth.”
"Okay! Go back now!" Xu Zhengping said, looking at Zhang Gaoming and said, "Old Zhang! Let's go together! It will be convenient for you to announce the results when they are available."
He had no intention of cheating.
The promised discovery of life on the moon comes from the Lingzhou Institute of Optoelectronics, that is.
"No! Let's announce it to the public together! After all, you provide both equipment and manpower. We can't let your work go in vain." Zhang Gaoming said.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming didn't agree, so they said hello and took off with the sample box.
It was now 10:30 pm, Yanjing time, and the two of them were already so hungry that their chests were touching their backs.
As soon as the two people came out of the ice cave, Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming followed them. They had already discussed and shared the results of their discoveries.
When a group of people were about to fly out of the awning, Zhang Gaoming said on the public channel: "Professor Su! Professor Fan! You must be very hungry already! Why don't you have dinner with me before returning to the lunar base."
He and Xu Zhengping had eaten during dinner time.
Unexpectedly, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming didn't even have time to have dinner in order to look for traces of life on the moon.
"No! I have already asked the lunar base to prepare meals, and also asked them to prepare the laboratory, and we are just waiting for us to send the samples back." Fan Xiaoming said.
Time was already very tight, and he didn't want to waste time here.
Tomorrow at eight o'clock in the morning, he and Su Zhe will be the first group of moon landing personnel to return to Earth.
They don't want to stay up too late.
"That's it! Okay then!" Zhang Gaoming said.
After a group of people left the awning, they flew straight into the sky. When they were thirty kilometers above the ground, they began to fly towards the front side of the moon, where the base plain is located.
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Along the way, the four people chatted about this discovery and analyzed the possible relationship between life on the moon and life on earth.
In the process, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming were looking at relevant data compiled by the Four Books Society about single-cell prokaryotes and viruses in different eras of the earth.
After roughly scanning it, Su Zhe said: "Among these data, the recorded information about prokaryotes and viruses on modern earth is relatively detailed, but the relevant data in the past are very vague and not comprehensive enough."
Even so, most of these data come from abroad.
In fact, there is no way around it.
China started late, and there are very few studies on these aspects.
"Principal! We only focus on research outside the earth, but we have forgotten the research on the earth itself. We need to increase our efforts on the existing basis." Fan Xiaoming said, "For example, sending more scientific research teams to the earth the North and South Poles to study the Earth’s present and past.”
"We have indeed been negligent. Our research center must also pay attention to the study of the earth itself." Su Zhe said, "When we go back, we will form a scientific research team dedicated to studying the earth itself."
"There is no need to go back and talk about this. Let's talk to the assistants now and let them start preparations." Fan Xiaoming said.
A group of several people flew quickly and returned to the moon base in less than half an hour.
As soon as a few people landed at the main gate of the lunar base, someone came to take away the samples they had brought.
Xu Zhengping took Zhang Gaoming to the moon base.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming entered the moon base.
After the two took off their armored space suits, they came to the base's cafeteria.
Now, the two of them were alone in the huge canteen. After all, it was a little after eleven o'clock at night, and most of the people were already asleep.
"Studying the human body, studying the earth, studying the entire solar system, to be honest, there is still a lot that we need to study, too much." Fan Xiaoming said, putting down the tachyon in his hand.
"Take your time! There are more people doing scientific research now. They will figure this out one day, but this kind of research will never end." Su Zhe said.
After the two had eaten, they quickly arrived at the laboratory where experiments were being conducted.
At this time, Xu Zhengping and Zhang Gaoming were already in the laboratory.
Seeing Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming coming over, Zhang Gaoming said with emotion: "The laboratory at your moon base is better. It has all the instruments and equipment."
After saying hello, Fan Xiaoming asked the researchers about their progress.
Knowing that after waiting for another ten minutes, more than 300 kinds of single-cell prokaryotes and more than 200 kinds of viral genetic materials can be tested.
After asking, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming joined the experiment.
Looking at the busy backs of Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming, Zhang Gaoming said with some envy to Xu Zhengping who was standing next to him: "Old Xu! Your school is simply a treasure. All-rounders like Professor Su and Professor Fan. It’s really rare.”
"Luck! It's all luck." Xu Zhengping said with a smile on his face.
Ten minutes later, the genetic material test results of all single-cell prokaryotes and viruses came out.
After comparing the genetic material of many related single-cell prokaryotes and viruses on Earth, everyone present was surprised.
Among more than 300 unicellular prokaryotes and more than 200 viruses, only three unicellular prokaryotes and one virus have completely different genetic materials.
More than half of the genetic material is exactly the same, and the remaining genetic material is also highly similar. There must be some kind of relationship.
Seeing this result, Zhang Gaoming said with excitement: "It's solid! Life on the moon and life on earth definitely have a common origin, otherwise there wouldn't be so many identical single-celled prokaryotes and viruses."
"What a pity! If the relevant data were not complete, the approximate time could be determined soon. It cannot be determined now and can only be studied in the future." Fan Xiaoming sighed.
The relevant data on Earth's single-cell prokaryotes and viruses compiled and collected by the Four Books Society is not comprehensive enough.
It’s not that the data and materials collected by the Four Books Society are not complete enough, it’s that humankind’s past research on single-cell prokaryotes and viruses was not comprehensive enough.
Just like the entire evolutionary process of a single-celled prokaryote and a virus.
What it was like in the past, what it is like now.
Whether the present and the past have changed, such as institutions, genetic material, etc.
Why the change? Is it caused by environmental factors? Or is it caused by other reasons, etc.
"There is nothing we can do. We can only organize people to study these slowly." Su Zhe thought for a while and said, "Let's not talk about other things outside the earth, but let's talk about the capabilities of the earth, from viruses and single-cell prokaryotes to apes and humans. There are more than tens of millions of such advanced organisms on the earth, and they are all worthy of our study, but studying them requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources."
"Things have priorities. We can study these slowly in the future." Xu Zhengping said, "But it is true that we need to strengthen our scientific research team."
"Everyone! It's great to have such a result. Let's study the rest slowly." Zhang Gaoming said, "Old Xu! What channel do you think we will use to announce it to the outside world?"
"Publish a paper!" Xu Zhengping said concisely and concisely.
In the middle of the night, the four of Su Zhe and a few people from the laboratory were working together.
This kind of paper has a template, someone is writing the discussion, someone is sorting out the relevant data, etc.
It took an hour to complete the paper.
The names of the participants are included in the paper. As for the units, they are Lingzhou University of Technology and Lingzhou Institute of Optoelectronics.
Soon, the paper was published in the national preprint system and submitted to the Academic Journal of the Academy of Sciences.
After finishing, Xu Zhengping said with a smile: "It is now two o'clock in the morning in Yanjing time. Let's go to bed quickly. We have to rush back to Earth tomorrow."
He was very tired after a busy day.
Especially after the thesis is completed.
Seeing Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming nodding, he looked at Zhang Gaoming aside and said, "You will spend the night at the moon base today. You will go back after seeing us off tomorrow."
"Okay!" Zhang Gaoming nodded.
The group left the laboratory and returned to their respective residences.
In the standard room where Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming are. The two of them took a quick shower and then lay on the bed.
"I can't sleep a little. I didn't expect to find evidence of life on the moon so soon." Fan Xiaoming said excitedly.
"Well! Yes!" Su Zhe said, "Judging from the evidence, there must have been life on the moon in ancient times. From the carbon 14 detection of the samples, it was one billion years ago. Before that, there was life on the moon. How many years have they existed? These need to be studied slowly.”
"A billion years! It's a long time ago. To figure this out, we need to study and sort it out bit by bit." Fan Xiaoming thought for a while and said, "Su Zhe! Do you think there is a better and more direct way to figure this out? , is there something in nature that can record what we see and hear just like our cameras?"
"This...records past information!" Su Zhe thought for a while and said, "It is true that leptons such as photons, neutrinos, etc. can record their specific information, but I want to decipher the information carried by these leptons. The information is huge."
Take photons as an example. Whether they are affected by matter, that is, particles, their flight trajectories are affected, or they are absorbed by particles and then released, their photons will carry corresponding information.
If we could figure out the entire process, it would be possible to decipher the information carried by the photons.
However, there are too many difficulties in achieving this now. The most direct one is to extract leptons, such as photons, from heavy particles.
Fan Xiaoming heard what Su Zhe said. After thinking for a while, he suddenly jumped up from the bed and shouted: "It's not a matter of difficulty. What's scary is that there is no idea and no direction. This is the most difficult and scary thing."
"Keep your voice down! Don't disturb other people sleeping!" Su Zhe reminded.
"Yes! Yes! I'm too excited." Fan Xiaoming lay on the bed again gently, "Su Zhe! Let's set up the project when we get back. This road is really going to open up for us. What happened in the past will not matter. It will no longer be a secret, as long as we find the material at the scene, even a few heavy particles, we can recreate the scene."
"Try it! We have to study those particles anyway." Su Zhe said, "If you really want to realize what I said, you must at least fully understand the properties, internal structure and composition of various particles. It is not easy, but it is worth the challenge. "
"That's right! We have to study it anyway." Fan Xiaoming said, "When the three-door project is completed, we will choose a Lagrangian point in the solar system to build a super hadron collider to study these things. Hold on, say no. It must really be done.”
"Well..." Su Zhe thought for a while and said, "We can choose hydrogen as the research object. To be precise, it is a hydrogen atom or hydrogen ion with only one proton. First, it is relatively simple and not as complicated as other atoms and ions. Second, the hydrogen atom or hydrogen ion of a proton has the highest abundance in the universe, which can be said to be everywhere.”
Compared to a proton's hydrogen atom or hydrogen ion, other atoms or ions are much more complicated.
Except for the two isotopes of hydrogen which have only one proton, one neutron and two neutrons, the others have multiple protons and neutrons.
Considering the numerous electrons outside the nucleus, it becomes even more complicated.
If you think about it, you will know that a photon is absorbed or released by an atomic nucleus.
If there are many neutrons and protons in the nucleus, its impact on photons will be much more complicated.
