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United States of America in 2026

Historical records for United States of America in 2026, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
6Named people
6Places
3Categories

Historical records

April

15 April 2026DESI Planned Five Year Map CompletedMichael Levi

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument · Science / Astronomy

Levi announces completion of DESI's planned five-year mapping programme, providing the full survey dataset for stronger tests of whether dark energy evolves.

17 April 2026Voyager 1 LECP ShutdownSuzanne Dodd

Jet Propulsion Laboratory · Science / Technology

Engineers switch off Voyager 1's low-energy charged particle experiment to extend spacecraft operations.

May

9 May 2026Ukraine Peace TalksDonald Trump

Washington · Government / Russia-Ukraine War

Pushes a May ceasefire effort between Russia and Ukraine

June

17 June 2026G7 Ukraine TalksDonald Trump

Evian · Government / Russia-Ukraine War

Says he has held good talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy about the war

July

22 July 2026Io Subsurface Temperature MeasurementsScott Bolton

Io · Science / Astronomy

Juno data provide the first measurements of temperatures beneath Io's surface, refining models of tidal heating.

31 July 2026PlutoAlan Stern

Science / Astronomy

New analysis finds evidence that liquid nitrogen has recently risen through cracks to wet parts of northern Sputnik Planitia.

Other Events

2026DES Six Year Dynamical Dark Energy ConstraintsJoshua A. Frieman

Dark Energy Survey · Science / Astronomy

The full six-year Dark Energy Survey combines multiple probes to place stringent constraints on models in which the dark-energy equation of state changes with time.

2026DESI Extended Dark Energy SurveyMichael Levi

Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument · Science / Astronomy

After completing its planned map, Levi oversees continued DESI observations that extend the experiment's ability to test evolving dark-energy models with larger samples.

Names involved

Alan SternDonald TrumpJoshua A. FriemanMichael LeviScott BoltonSuzanne Dodd

Places involved

Dark Energy Spectroscopic InstrumentDark Energy SurveyEvianIoJet Propulsion LaboratoryWashington

Provenance

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