Discovery News

AT&T buys Verizon Wireless spectrum for $1.9 billion

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.

In the Media by Milton Este - 1 comment

First fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen found

Odense - 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.

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 2 comments

Rarest whale seen for first time ever, but not in the sea

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.

In the Media by Abigail Prendergast - 3 comments

New Gaga fern genus named after mega pop star

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".

In the Media by Greta McClain

Shuttle Enterprise takes flight today to N.Y.C.

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.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 4 comments

NASA officials delay shuttle Enterprise flight to New York City

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.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl

TopFinds: Trump's visit to Toronto, Discovery shuttle's last trip

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.

In the Media by David Silverberg

Discovery arrives at Air & Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center Special

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.

Digital Journal Report by Leigh Goessl - 3 comments

Space Shuttle Discovery surprises region with multiple fly-overs Special

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.

Digital Journal Report by Leigh Goessl - 8 comments