1984 via 2025 in Science, Space, and Unicorn Edition

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Across
  1. 4. Dark matter may come from these hypothetical ______ worlds.
  2. 7. Reader suggestion for this year’s newsletter title: “Greetings from the ______”
  3. 10. Mission planned to orbit the Moon—hopefully before April 2026.
  4. 12. This year, 128 new moons were discovered orbiting this planet.
  5. 13. The prettiest unicorn color.
  6. 14. NASA sample-return mission that confirmed an amino acid (used in the biosynthesis of proteins) exists on asteroid Bennu.
Down
  1. 1. Asteroid with revised 2032 odds: once a 1–3.1% chance of hitting Earth, now 4% chance of hitting the Moon and 0% of Earth
  2. 2. If 2024 YR4 does hit the Moon, the debris could impact these objects orbiting Earth
  3. 3. S/2025 U 1” is a new moon of this planet.
  4. 5. Vivianite is discovered on which planet?
  5. 6. Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the ______.
  6. 8. Mission expected to land on Mars in 2026.
  7. 9. Vera C. Rubin Observatory released images of its first
  8. 10. Not only visible in the far northern or southern hemispheres, you can also see these on Neptune.
  9. 11. Oldest three-dimensional find discovered in the Paris Basin this year.
  10. 15. The party told you to reject the ______ of your eyes and ears