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2026 in United States of America

Explore 8 historical events and records for United States of America in 2026.

Historical records for United States of America in 2026

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April

DESI Planned Five Year Map Completed

Levi, Michael ยท Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument ยท Physicist ยท 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.

Voyager 1 LECP Shutdown

Dodd, Suzanne ยท Jet Propulsion Laboratory ยท Project Manager ยท Science / Technology

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

May

Ukraine Peace Talks

Trump, Donald ยท Washington ยท President of USA ยท Government / Russia-Ukraine War

Pushes a May ceasefire effort between Russia and Ukraine

June

G7 Ukraine Talks

Trump, Donald ยท Evian ยท President of USA ยท Government / Russia-Ukraine War

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

July

Io Subsurface Temperature Measurements

Bolton, Scott ยท Io ยท Principal Investigator ยท Science / Astronomy

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

Pluto

Stern, Alan ยท Science / Astronomy

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

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DES Six Year Dynamical Dark Energy Constraints

Frieman, Joshua A. ยท Dark Energy Survey ยท Cosmologist ยท 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.

DESI Extended Dark Energy Survey

Levi, Michael ยท Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument ยท Physicist ยท 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.

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