A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2016. The United Nations declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses.
7 January: IDCS 1426, the most distant massive cluster of galaxies ever identified.
28 January: Studies suggest that a time reversal asymmetry may make the universe move forward in time.
24 February: Pancreatic cancer is found to have four sub-types.
14 March: ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is launched.
The year 2006 in science and technology involved some significant events.
March 29 total eclipse from Turkey