Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend. Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers's quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas. But while they look for a house, he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.