sophon-blind regions
Names: sophon-blind regionsblind regionsblind region
First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 23 (Excerpt from A Past Outside of Time More Indirect Evidence for the Dark Forest: Sophon-Blind Regions)
Appearances
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What you know
Book 3: Death's End
- Ch 23The closest blind region lies about 1.3 light-years from Earth and was encountered by the sophons accompanying Gravity.
- Ch 23Trisolaris did not know whether the interference was natural or artificial; scientists of both worlds leaned toward it being artificial.
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 23Sophons lost in blind regions
Six sophons launched by Trisolaris, and later ones, entered blind regions and lost contact permanently. Only two lifeless star systems were explored beforehand.
- Book 3 · Ch 23Blind regions taken as evidence for the dark forest
Earth and Trisolaris interpreted the blind regions as likely artificial and as indirect proof of the dark forest, since the cosmos was being kept hidden.