Something that's "true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson Crossword Clue

• Prestigious academic journal since 1880

  New York Times · Sunday, February 8, 2026 · 7 letters

• "Magic that works," per Vonnegut

  New York Times · Wednesday, January 10, 2024 · 7 letters

• Academic journal with a "Breakthrough of the Year" award

  New York Times · Sunday, March 20, 2022 · 7 letters

• "___ is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it": Einstein

  New York Times · Sunday, October 18, 2020 · 7 letters

• Prestigious academic journal

  New York Times · Saturday, February 24, 2018 · 7 letters

• "The great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition," per Adam Smith

  New York Times · Friday, December 9, 2016 · 7 letters

• It "never solves a problem without raising 10 more," per George Bernard Shaw

  New York Times · Sunday, July 17, 2016 · 7 letters

• N*F

  New York Times · Tuesday, February 3, 2015 · 7 letters

• "The poetry of reality," per Richard Dawkins

  New York Times · Saturday, December 6, 2014 · 7 letters

• "It's true whether or not you believe in it," per Neil deGrasse Tyson

  New York Times · Sunday, August 24, 2014 · 7 letters

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• 35-Down "Hasta ___!"
• 36-Down Result of whiplash, maybe
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• 40-Across Whole load
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• 41-Down Flavor imparter to chardonnay
• 42-Across Focal point of an earthquake
• 43-Down Tests
• 44-Across Lunch carrier, often