Tag: beacon

Earliest-known galaxy, spotted by Webb telescope, is a beacon to cosmic dawn

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the earliest-known galaxy, one that is surprisingly bright and big considering it formed during the universe’s infancy – at only 2% its current age. Webb, which by peering across vast cosmic distances is looking way back in time, observed the galaxy as […]

Beacon Hill residents amazed by coyote sighting

‘Not something I ever imagined’: Beacon Hill residents amazed by coyote sighting Neighbors on Beacon Hill are abuzz over the coyote sighting that many longtime residents are calling a first. The coyote was corralled and captured by a Boston animal control officer on Anderson Street near Myrtle Street in broad daylight. Anderson Street is located […]

How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology

“Dune,” widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time, continues to influence how writers, artists and inventors envision the future. Of course, there are Denis Villeneuve’s visually stunning films, “Dune: Part One” (2021) and “Dune: Part Two” (2024). But Frank Herbert’s masterpiece also helped Afrofuturist novelist Octavia Butler imagine a future of […]

Lafayette’s poet laureate eyes second term as ‘beacon of light’

Dec. 30—The Lafayette poet laureate program, designed to help promote literacy, poetry and artistry in the community, is mounting a search for the next person to carry on its mission Z, whose stage name is ZBass Speaks and uses they/them pronouns, is wrapping up their two-year term as the Lafayette’s poet laureate — but wants […]