2016 was an exciting year for science and space exploration. Scientists reported earlier this year that Albert Einstein was right: there really are such things as gravitational waves that move through space. The discovery of a nearby planet has many people wondering if conditions there could be just right to hold life. Two other planets, Jupiter and Mars, also made the news. And, what is the possibility that “planet nine” really does exist far out in our solar system?
Title: 2016: A Year for Exploring Space
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1590/2016_exploring_space_.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='2016: A Year for Exploring Space' data-article-id='2107'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8083'>2016 was an exciting year for science and space exploration.</span> <span data-start-time='8083' data-end-time='15479'>Scientists reported earlier this year that Albert Einstein was right: </span> <span data-start-time='15479' data-end-time='23750'>there really are such things as gravitational waves that move through space.</span> <span data-start-time='23750' data-end-time='36875'>The discovery of a nearby planet has many people wondering if conditions there could be just right to hold life.</span> <span data-start-time='36875' data-end-time='43021'>Two other planets, Jupiter and Mars, also made the news.</span> <span data-start-time='43021' data-end-time='53938'>And, what is the possibility that “planet nine” really does exist far out in our solar system?</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1590/2016_exploring_space.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=7830 data-hint-location='15479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1590/what_does_gravity_mean.m4a'>What does gravity mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1590/space_exploration.m4a'><span>space exploration</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1590/waves_in_the_open_sea.m4a'><span>waves in the open sea</span></div><div class='choice' 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