2016 in science

phase of hydrogen

gravitational wave event

third revision (2016) of a classification of flowering plants by the

21st-century total solar eclipse

overview of natural science-related events during the year of 2016

annular solar eclipse

g-type star located in the constellation of Hercules

GW151226 was a gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 25 December 2015 local time (26 Dec 2015 UTC). On 15 June 2016, the LIGO and Virgo collaborations announced that they had verified the signal, making it the second such signal confirmed, after GW150914, which had been announced four months earlier the same year, and the third gravitational wave signal detected.

Penumbral lunar eclipse 23 March 2016

Extremely short lunar eclipse

Penumbral lunar eclipse 16 September 2016

Fellows (FRS), Foreign Members (ForMemRS) and Honorary Members (HonFRS) of the Royal Society who were elected in 2016