The word list prints with the puzzle; the answer key prints on its own page.
Sixteen deep-sky terms burn through this hard sixteen-by-sixteen grid, tracing a star's whole life from protostar to supernova. On the hard tier words hide in all eight directions, and with pulsar, quasar, and three different kinds of star in the list, the letter overlap gets genuinely astronomical.
| M | G | L | T | S | N | T | D | W | I | N | D | H | R | S | N |
| B | P | U | S | R | N | R | A | E | Y | T | H | G | I | L | E |
| G | A | E | W | E | V | E | N | T | H | O | R | I | Z | O | N |
| E | R | C | C | B | S | S | U | P | E | R | N | O | V | A | L |
| L | U | M | I | N | O | S | I | T | Y | R | S | T | D | D | U |
| O | R | A | S | A | U | Q | D | M | R | N | T | E | S | V | R |
| H | O | T | N | A | I | G | D | E | R | O | A | T | R | E | R |
| K | W | H | I | T | E | D | W | A | R | F | N | T | T | E | T |
| C | R | E | S | H | Q | R | T | H | R | W | F | S | D | T | E |
| A | T | O | S | C | O | S | M | I | C | D | U | S | T | T | U |
| L | M | E | O | A | O | U | N | R | B | L | P | T | D | A | O |
| B | S | D | O | T | M | U | P | S | C | U | I | T | H | E | R |
| L | S | M | O | T | S | T | E | L | L | A | R | W | I | N | D |
| U | A | R | I | L | E | Y | M | S | T | G | U | A | H | E | E |
| S | P | L | K | D | V | E | A | O | E | T | L | G | I | O | S |
| T | T | H | G | I | L | R | A | T | S | Y | R | A | N | I | B |
| M | G | L | T | S | N | T | D | W | I | N | D | H | R | S | N |
| B | P | U | S | R | N | R | A | E | Y | T | H | G | I | L | E |
| G | A | E | W | E | V | E | N | T | H | O | R | I | Z | O | N |
| E | R | C | C | B | S | S | U | P | E | R | N | O | V | A | L |
| L | U | M | I | N | O | S | I | T | Y | R | S | T | D | D | U |
| O | R | A | S | A | U | Q | D | M | R | N | T | E | S | V | R |
| H | O | T | N | A | I | G | D | E | R | O | A | T | R | E | R |
| K | W | H | I | T | E | D | W | A | R | F | N | T | T | E | T |
| C | R | E | S | H | Q | R | T | H | R | W | F | S | D | T | E |
| A | T | O | S | C | O | S | M | I | C | D | U | S | T | T | U |
| L | M | E | O | A | O | U | N | R | B | L | P | T | D | A | O |
| B | S | D | O | T | M | U | P | S | C | U | I | T | H | E | R |
| L | S | M | O | T | S | T | E | L | L | A | R | W | I | N | D |
| U | A | R | I | L | E | Y | M | S | T | G | U | A | H | E | E |
| S | P | L | K | D | V | E | A | O | E | T | L | G | I | O | S |
| T | T | H | G | I | L | R | A | T | S | Y | R | A | N | I | B |