What is 2006 in science?
{{year nav topic5|2006|science}} The [[year]] [[2006]] in [[science]] had some important events, listed below. == Events == * [[January 19]] - The [[NASA]] [[spacecraft]] [[New Horizons]] was launched for a journey to [[Pluto]]. * [[January 25]] - The [[planet]] OGLE-2005-BLG-390Lb was found. * [[February 1]] - The [[dwarf planet]] [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]] was found to be bigger than [[Pluto]]. * [[March 19]] - total [[solar eclipse]] that could be seen in [[Brazil]], [[Greece]], mid [[Atlantic Ocean]], [[Sahara]], [[Turkey]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]] and [[Mongolia]]. * [[June 30]] - [[scientist]]s found 9 more [[natural satellite]]s of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. * [[August 24]] - [[Pluto]] was ordered as a [[dwarf planet]] instead of a [[planet]]. * [[September 13]] - {{mp|2003 UB|313}} received the name [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]]. == Deaths == * [[May 14]] - [[Robert Bruce Merrifield]], [[chemist]] * [[May 31]] - [[Raymond Davis, Jr.]], [[chemist]] and [[physicist]]. * [[August 9]] - [[James Van Allen]], [[Americans|American]] space scientist [[Category:2006]] [[Category:Years in science]]