This week's 'news to us' ranges from The Princess Bride to cat spies.  Afterwards we take a look back at 2016, because "everyone's doing it mom!" and focus solely on SPACE.   Next week will be a grab bag of scientific accomplishments in 2016 but inspired by the amazing life of Vera Rubin, we walk through our top 3 space stories.  First being LIGO detecting gravitational waves back in February.  Then we travel 4 lightyears away to hang out with Proxima b and learn what Stephen Hawking and Mark Zuckerberg are doing to one day get people there (Andrew's dream of space cowboy is ever closer).  Lastly, we end with Earth's "constant companion" reported by JPL back in April.  All of the research and quotes cited for this episode will be on podcastbraindump.com and don't forget to tell a friend!  Brain Dump wishes you a wonderful Holiday Season!