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Astronomy. Biology. Computer science. Environment. Mathematics. Philosophy. Space exploration. Other events. Awards. Deaths. References. 2006 in science. The year 2006 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy. March 29 total eclipse from Turkey.
2006 in various calendars. 2006 ( MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.
Contents. hide. Beginning. Events. Deaths. 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.
The history of science covers the development of science from ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural, social, and formal.
George Town is the capital of the Malaysian state of Penang, encompassing Penang Island and surrounding islets. With a population of 794,313 as of the 2020 census, it is the core city of Malaysia's second-largest metropolitan area, which has a population of 2.84 million. George Town serves as the commercial centre for northern Malaysia.
Science is a rigorous, systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. Modern science is typically divided into three major branches: the natural sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals ...
In the 2000s and 2010s, China became a top scientific and industrial power in more advanced fields such as super computing, artificial intelligence, bullet trains, aeronautics, nuclear physics researches and other fields. In 2016, China became the country with the highest science output, as measured in publications.
