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Science, the Cosmos, and Sci FI

Karl Andreas

Follow the clues to identify the words of the Cosmos woven together to form this puzzle!

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5.The heart of an atom, containing nearly all of its atomic weight, OR the heart of a living cell which contains a living organism's genetic DNA.
8.Any small rocky planetary fragment that orbits its star in a ring or collides with other asteroids to form planets.
9.The final life stage of a certain type of star which casts beams of concentrated radiation that tears apart living molecules.
10.Any star of a supermassive class which burns its stellar fuel and explodes in a dramatic supernova capable of creating a Black Hole in hundreds of millions or even thousands of years. (2 Words)
12.The study of life.
14.An asteroid containing ice that leaves a bright trail when melting in a planet's atmosphere or a star's corona.
16.An enormous ball of mostly-hydrogen gas undergoing nuclear fusion in its core, a process which condenses Hydrogen into sequentially more complex atoms before releasing them to seed future star systems at the end of its life.
17.To settle a world.
18.A theoretical planet, the presence of which is backed by some evidence, that is theorized to be the cause of punctual asteroid chaos around the orbit of Sol's inner planets in a cycle of at least a few million years. (2 Words)
19.Any small, dim, red star, which make up more than half of all stars in the cosmos. (2 Words)
22.Enterprise (5 Words)
24.A famous sci fi and popular science author, and creator of the three guiding principles of robotics which were designed to optimize the loyalty of humankind's machinations, both fictional and real. (2 Words)
27.A famous theoretical astronomer, and a planet-hunting telescope of the same name launched on 7 March 2009.
30.A class of large low-density planet formed of light elements including Hydrogen, often clearing a solar system of its rocky planets as its orbit sweeps inward. (2 Words)
31.Second Engineer of the Enterprise. (2 Words)
35.Study of the interactions of space and time and the formation of the cosmos and our place in it.
36.Study of the Earth's forces of plate tectonics and the mineral cycle.
37.Any planetoid satellite whose center of orbit is a planet or larger planetoid.
40.A critically acclaimed sci fi author whose provocative questions about the possibilities of our cosmic solitude or community has inspired generations of people to think about what's out there. (2 Words)
41.An ongoing unmanned probe mission launched in 2016 (2015?) to the surface of Mars to search for life with state of the art science and technology.
42.A single living thing.
44.Primitive RNA- or DNA-built semi-life-form which scientists debate as to whether its parasitic survival behavior constitutes the label of living.
46.A science fiction term describing the deliberate implementation of ecological technology to transform a lifeless world into one with thriving biodiversity.
47.A point of infinite density at the center of a Black Hole.
48.An earth-sized planet experiencing a runaway greenhouse effect with searing atmosphere and hostile conditions.
50.Name of the fictional astronaut who became stranded on Mars in Andy Weir's sci fi novel, The Martian. (2 Words)
52.A former planet formally classified as a large planetoid due to the scientific revision of categorization based on the evidence for the fact that Pluto does not clear its own orbit and is therefore a member of a class of icy body planetoids in the same orbit.
53.One of the "fathers of science fiction," and visionary inventor of many technological concepts later employed by humans, including submarines, helicopters, and other transportation vessels. (2 Words)
54.The study of networks of organisms within a defined terrestrial &/or aquatic boundary.
55.A system of organisms which interact with the living and nonliving components of their defined environment.
57.A Famous astronomer and the same of the ice-comet-filled band orbiting Sol just beyond the Asteroid belt.
58.Any supermassive Black Hole producing a beam of light and energy in opposite directions, some of which rival the brightness and intensity of the universe's brightest phenomenon.
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1.The molecular, genetically coded ladder of life, an acronym for Deoxyribonucleic acid.
2.The final life stage of a large enough star, which swells as its fuel source dwindles, until it suddenly implodes and sends its contents out into the surrounding cosmos in a nova or supernova. (2 Words)
3.Pilot and navigator of the Enterprise.
4.A small iron-dense rocky planet one tenth the size of Earth, which orbits Sol between Earth and the Asteroid belts.
6.A Zone around a parent star, a ring of orbital temperatures in which it is possible for liquid water to form, a range which changes under properties of pressure and geothermal activity.
7.A term for the historic initial meeting of beings from different worlds, and the ensuing microbiological reaction between worlds. (2 Words)
10.A star-planet hybrid that generates a small amount of light and heat, but which is not massive enough to reach critical mass and become a Red Dwarf, and more massive than a gas giant. (2 Words)
11.Second Captain of the Enterprise.
13.One of the "fathers of science fiction." and author of the first novel about First Contact between Earth and Mars, War of the Worlds.
15.Life not originating from Earth.
20.A chemical sign that Astrobiologists and those in the search for life look for to indentify candidates for life systems on exosolar worlds by the compositional presence of certain sustaining elements in atmosphere or ocean.
21.First Captain of the Enterprise.
23.First Engineer of the Enterprise.
25.The surface around the bent gravity of a singularity inside a Black Hole beyond which no light or matter escapes, and on which is imprinted the concentrated external viewpoint of anything which has ever crossed the boundary. (2 Words)
26.Planet on which life is known to exist in abundance.
28.The study of life on other worlds in and beyond our solar system.
29.An astronomer who revolutionized the field of deep universal imaging, and a space telescope of the same name that has immensely expanded human comprehension of the true scale of our cosmos.
32.The study of matter and the interactions of atoms and their constituents, molecules, compounds, and fundamental elements generated by stars.
33.A bioindicator, and a combustible element responsible for supplying each living aerobic cell with an atomic component which is one of the elements in water.
34.The first series of unmaned probe missions launched from Earth to examine Jupiter (and Saturn, Uranus, Neptune?) and then continue on between the stars for billions of years, even after Sol will destroy Earth, and which contains a plaque (designed by Carl Sagan and others) for any beings who intercept the two craft, written in the universal language of atomic mathematics and an engraving of human male and female figures.
38.The final life stage of some stars before colliding with another of its kind or a younger star and generating a supernova, and a remnant of a much larger star, which weighs an unfathomable amount due to its hyper-concentrated density of neutrons. (2 Words)
39.A small, rocky planet orbiting closest of all of Sol's planets.
43.Complex organic compoind acids, building blocks of life, theorized to be the primordial ingredients of Life on Earth.
45.An infinite point of density punctured in the fabric of space-time by a supernova that concentrates mass at an infinite point, to which gravity pulls so strongly that not even light can escape it. (2 Words)
49.Vulcan emissary of Star Fleet, logical thinker, and friend of Captain Kirk.
51.The most abundant element in the cosmos and the main fuel on which stars (especially Blue Giants) burn.
52.The study of the laws of matter, gravity, time, motion, velocity, pressure, volume, mass, electromagnetism, light, and space-time.
56.Star Fleet's highest ranking Klingon commander.

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