Sun
Names: Sunsolar energy mirror
First appears in Book 1: The Three-Body Problem, chapter 23 (23)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
What you know
Book 1: The Three-Body Problem
- Ch 23The sun works as an amplifying antenna for radio waves, and it adds a sine wave to what it amplifies.
Book 2: The Dark Forest
- Ch 8Humanity can no longer use the sun as an antenna to broadcast to the universe, because the droplet's signal sealed it off.
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 23Ye invites the Trisolarans to Earth
Ye conceals the received messages, then at dawn aims the antenna at the sun and transmits for three seconds, asking the aliens to come conquer Earth. She then faints and learns she is pregnant.
- Book 2 · Ch 8The droplet seals off the sun
The droplet stops at a Lagrange point and broadcasts radio at the sun, blocking its use as a message amplifier. Luo Ji survives and reunites with Shi Qiang.