2006 in 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 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, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
 June 30 - scientists found 9 more natural satellites of Saturn.
 August 24 - Pluto was ordered as a dwarf planet instead of a planet.
 September 13 -  received the name Eris.

 Deaths 
 May 14 - Robert Bruce Merrifield, chemist
 May 31 - Raymond Davis, Jr., chemist and physicist.
 August 9 - James Van Allen, American space scientist

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