Dwarf Planets, Water Plumes, and Bouncy Castles in Orbit: All the Best Space Stuff From 2016

This year, we kicked things off by telling you how deadly and difficult space is to explore. It can kill you with radiation, giant flying space rocks, and regular old time. And those are just a few of its weapons. But while space is a pretty dangerous place, it's also incredibly inspirational. If you take science fiction as your model--which we often do--people are at their best when faced with a seemingly insurmountable challenge.