lyra

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The first part of the whale-detection network was installed on Angel Island, with the second planned MV Lyra, a vessel operated by SF Bay Ferry connecting Vallejo to downtown San Francisco, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

And they were named after the constellation of Lyra from where the meteors appear to originate and occurs every year from 16 to 25 April, but often peaking around 22 April.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Sheen said his middle daughter Lyra, six, had started shouting "Michael Sheen is here!" when they are out as a family.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Lyra lives in a universe parallel to our own, where people have a daemon - a companion spirit in animal form.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2025

He thought that normally he’d feel guilty about that, but it would be more guilty by far to keep Lyra outside in the cold and the wet.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman