Discovery News
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According to a paper published by Russian researchers, our understanding of dinosaur tissues is wrong. Feathers may have possibly been a part of many body structures during that era.
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A recent news release from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center announced the discovery of a planet similar to but massively larger than the earth. This amazing find is shaking up the scientific world.
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An appealing carnivorous mammal, a 12-meter-tall tree that has been hiding in plain sight and a sea anemone that lives under an Antarctic glacier are among the species identified as the most interesting "new finds" discovered last year.
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Astonished astronomers said Wednesday they had found rings around an asteroid, the smallest object known to have this feature and only the fifth after Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.The twin rings around a rock called Chariklo were spotted in June...
In the Media
by Mariette Le Roux (AFP)
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John Hendricks, the founder of Discovery Communications Inc, will retire as the media company's chairman and from its board in May, Discovery announced on Thursday.
In the Media
by Reuters
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In ‘Canopy,’ an Australian fighter pilot is shot down over Singapore during WWII and unites with a Chinese soldier to survive.
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Olinguito has a long tail, orange fur and big eyes and is said to resemble a cross between a domestic cat and a teddy bear. Olingutio happens to be the newest mammal and the first carnivore discovered in the Americas in the last 35 years.
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Wireless mobile phone service provider AT&T is making a very big investment, $1.9 billion to be exact. This deal takes place with the biggest network providers by subscriber - Verizon Wireless.
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In something of a fairy tale situation, the handwritten book lost for decades in a dusty box in the Danish National Archives, which experts claim is the writer's "first fairy tale", has been found.
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The spade-toothed beaked whale is a marine mammal that has eluded the witness of mankind in the vast, deep waters of the ocean for all of its history. But with the discovery of not one, but two full bodies of these animals more about them will be known.
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Durham -
When a scientist discovered a new genus of ferns, which is described as having a “somewhat fluid definitions of gender", she decided to name her new discovery "Gaga".
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New York -
Shuttle Enterprise is set to take flight today from the Washington D.C. metro area to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.
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On Mon. shuttle Enterprise was scheduled to fly from Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Va. to New York City's John F. Kennedy airport. This flight has been delayed due to possible rain.
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The Donald comes to Toronto to cut the ribbon of his new tower downtown. The Discovery shuttle returns to its final resting place. Who made a real-life Star Trek Tricorder? These are the top stories on DigitalJournal.com.
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Chantilly -
Today Space Shuttle Discovery completed its final voyage as it now embarks upon its next mission. This morning the space shuttle arrived at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Va.
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Chantilly -
Space Shuttle Discovery arrived this morning to a safe landing at Dulles International Airport. All morning spectators in the Washington D.C. area were awaiting Discovery's arrival from Florida.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery has just made its last flight over the U.S.A on its way to its new home at the National Air and Space Museum.
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Chantilly -
Fairfax County is getting ready to welcome Space Shuttle Discovery to the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, located at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, in Chantilly, Va.
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Chantilly -
After a period of speculation, the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum has announced the details for the festivities surrounding the arrival of the space shuttle Discovery in Northern Virginia.
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Cape Canaveral -
NASA has reported the discovery of a small bag of cocaine at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An official investigation has been launched by the Inspector General's office to determine who brought the drugs onto the government owned facility.
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Discovery landed for the last time today after blasting off February 24 carrying supplies to the International Space Station. The shuttle will be sent to a museum.
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Cape Canaveral -
Space shuttle Discovery was successfully launched for the last time from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24.
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Chicago -
Tonight, February 14, the Discovery Channel is rolling it's disco-themed cab into a new city along with a new host, but the same trivial questions.
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Lima -
A 1,200-year-old royal tomb belonging to the pre-Inca Sican Culture has been discovered in Peru’s coastal Lambayeque region, according to the director of the Las Ventanas archaeological dig.
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Stuttgart -
Scientists have discovered a 2,600 year-old aristocratic burial, likely of a Celtic noblewoman, at the hill fort site of Heuneburg in southern Germany. The discovery has been described as a “milestone” in the study of Celtic culture.
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Astronomers using a telescope in Chile have discovered the first planet that originated from outside our galaxy, the Milky Way.
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Washington -
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will hold a press conference today at 12:30 EST to discuss the discovery of an exceptional object in the Earth's cosmic neighborhood.
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If you're wondering about today's Google logo, it's in honor of the 115th anniversary of the discovery of X-ray radiation. The twin 'O's in the Google logo, an animated GIF, pulse gently with a radioactive glow.
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Houston -
NASA has announced a delay for Discovery's liftoff to the International Space Station but it's not just the team of six astronauts who are experiencing the three week wait. They will be joined by a Robonaut who will stay packed in a box until launch day.
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Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers were in South Dakota this weekend and filmed the major tornadoes that hit the mid-west states. Storm's spun from this weather band are responsible for the death of one child and destruction at hundreds of farms and homes.
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Space shuttle Discovery
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Crew members of Discovery arrive for the ceremony where NASA transferred custody of Discovery to the Smithsonian
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Space Shuttle Discovery on one of several fly-overs the morning of Apr. 17, 2012
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During the STS-131 mission's first spacewalk, which lasted about 6.5 hours, NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio helped move a new 1,700-pound ammonia tank from space shuttle Discovery's cargo bay to a temporary parking place on the station, retrieved an experiment from the Japanese Kibo Laboratory exposed facility and replaced a Rate Gyro Assembly on one of the truss segments.
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Discovery in her new home
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Discovery's final voyage is almost complete as she is moved into the James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
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Astronauts Ken Cockrell and Bob Zimmermann stop to talk with visitors
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Arrival of Discovery to Dulles International Airport on Apr. 17, 2012
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Space Shuttle Discovery located at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va.
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"The new Marble Canyon fossil bed was found by an expedition team from the Royal Ontario Museum who made the trek to the Canadian Rockies."
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Space Shuttle Discovery comes into view. You can see the accompanying plane off to the left
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Enterprise and Discovery come nose-to-nose, a historical event
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Excited crowd at Welcome Discovery! on Apr. 19, 2012
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Image Credit: NASA/Troy Cryder
Space shuttle Discovery's liftoff from Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a picturesque, warm, late February afternoon was witnessed by news media representatives near the countdown clock at the Press Site. Launch of the STS-133 mission was at 4:53 p.m. EST on Feb. 24.
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