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In the news 
- 8 December 2006: NASA: Signs of liquid water found on surface of Mars
- 11 November 2006: Massive hurricane spotted on Saturn
- 8 November 2006: Planet Mercury to blaze across Sun today
- 26 October 2006: NASA launches STEREO spacecraft
- 12 October 2006: Dark matter lacks extra gravitational force
- 5 October 2006: Hubble Telescope discovers 16 new planets
- 18 September 2006: Ethane clouds found on Titan
- 5 September 2006: Unmanned Smart-1 ends mission with a crash landing into the Moon
Astronomical events in December
- All times UT unless otherwise specified.
| December 2006 | |
|---|---|
| 5 December, 00:25 | Full moon |
| 10 December | Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter within 1° of each other. |
| 13 December | Geminid meteor shower peaks |
| 20 December, 14:01 | New moon |
| 22 December, 00:22 | December solstice |
| 22 December | Ursid meteor shower peaks |
