"The light from the star, first slowly and then rapidly, filled their view of the night sky. The brightness reached its peak and at once subsided into a beam, which had tunneled down from the darkness of space and landed in front of them on the beach. The beam of light disappeared, leaving behind a boy, standing in the sand ...."The universe consists of wonderous beauty, from dazzling stars to swirling galaxies, with a multitude of eddies in between. Its v...