Barnard's Star is the 1st Interstellar Object and the 1st Main Sequence Star obtained in The Beyond Bubble Universe, which can generate Stardust. (Unlocked at Rank 18)
In-Game Description[]
"Just 6 light years from the Sun, Barnard’s Star is a red dwarf, small and dim. It's in the main sequence stage of life, which means its core is fusing hydrogen into helium. Main sequence stars are stable and range in color, size, and shine, depending on their mass."
Traits[]
Common[]
- Long Live Red Dwarfs (Speed):
"Three out of four stars in the Milky Way Galaxy are red dwarfs. These low-mass stars burn fuel slowly, so they live the longest—tens of billions to trillions of years. Since the universe is only 13.8 billion years old, they’ll be the last stars still shining in the end."
- Critical Mass (Payout):
"How much mass does it take to birth a star? If a protostar pulls in .08 solar masses of matter, it ignites into a red dwarf. (One solar mass equals the mass of the Sun.) If not, it has too little heat and pressure to fuse atoms and ends up a brown dwarf, or failed star."
Rare[]
- Main Sequence (Payout):
"Protostars enter the main sequence as newborn stars when heat and pressure in the hydrogen core ignite nuclear fusion. Their mass—how much matter they contain—dictates their size, color and temperature, brightness, lifespan, and the manner of their old age and death."
Epic[]
- Cosmology (Speed):
"The scientific study of the universe asks the very biggest questions. How did it form? What came before? How does it work? Is it infinite? Will it die? All the pieces we observe—comets, moons, planets, stars, galaxies, nebulae, and even voids—provide some answers."
- Dark Matter (Payout):
"Dark matter acts like a superhero. It’s everywhere in space and yet invisible. Its gravity distorts huge objects that we can see. It can even buttress a dwarf galaxy against annihilation by a giant one. The duo of dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the universe."
- Dark Energy (Discount):
"Little is known about dark energy, except that it’s repulsive. Opposing gravity, this strange force causes matter to scatter rather than attract, pushing our universe to expand faster and faster. Dark energy makes up 68% of the universe’s mass-energy density."
Constellations[]
- Eridanus (1.5x Speed):
"Eridanus, The River, is the longest constellation in the sky. It starts near Rigel and twists and turns all the way to its brightest star, Achernar (“River’s End” in Arabic). It was named after Eridu, an early Sumerian city in the marshes of what is now southern Iraq."
- Ursa Major (2x Speed):
"Ursa Major, the “Great Bear,” is the largest constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, rotating nightly around Polaris, the North Star. The seven stars of the Big Dipper form its tail and back. Merak and Dubhe point the way to Polaris in the Little Dipper."
System Components[]
Star[]
Barnard's Star is a spectral type M4 star located 5.96 light years away from the Sun in the tropical constellation Ophiuchus. It is famous for being the second closest star system to Sun after Alpha Centauri.
Achievements[]
- “Fixed” Star in Motion (Rank 3):
"All stars are on the move, yet they appear fixed in the sky because they’re so distant. In 1916, E. E. Barnard tracked his namesake’s minuscule movements relative to other stars for months. He found that nearby Barnard’s Star is the zippiest of all the “fixed” stars."
- Interstellar Visit? (Rank 6):
"Could a space probe travel to Barnard’s Star in a human lifetime? A 1970s technical study called Project Daedalus specced out a craft powered by nuclear explosions. It could ramp up to 12% of light speed in four years and then coast to the red dwarf in 46 years."
Real Images[]
Source[]
- Barnard's Star — image above taken
