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(Updated: November 16, 2020) After multiple delays, the NASA SpaceX Crew-1 Mission launched on Sunday, November 15th at 7:27P ET. This historic milestone marks the first operational mission of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with four astronauts and kicks off the gateway to the second golden age of space exploration. Here's everything that happened on launch day.

After 17 long years the Brood X cicadas are emerging from the ground to begin their new lifecycle. During CICADA WEEK, check in on some live events in some cicada dense areas of the US. Watch the 24/7 LIVE CICADA CAM starting Monday, May 24 at 9A ET through Sunday, May 30 at 11P ET.

A team of scientists led by Alejandro Arteaga, grantee of The Explorers Club Discovery Expeditions and researcher at Khamai Foundation, discovered three new cryptozoic (living underground) snakes dwelling under graveyards and churches in remote towns in the Andes region of Ecuador.

Since 1996, the first week of November has been dedicated to National Animal Shelter and Rescue Appreciation Week. This year is no exception! Despite the obstacles and setbacks of 2020, there’s been incredible response from animal lovers in communities across the country.

All you need to know about the new season of Mysteries of the Abandoned beginning Thursday, April 14 on Discovery Channel.

Solar power is due for massive expansion over the next 20 years. Its confirmation by the International Energy Agency as the cheapest, fastest growing renewable energy source will see it leapfrog coal and gas-fired power in most countries.

The White House just got a new resident, and she's a 2-year-old Tabby named Willow. Willow joins Commander, a German shepherd puppy, as the presidential pets roaming the White House halls.

A spacecraft full of humans is going to crash on the Earth and that’s okay. What goes up, must come down. At least, that’s what the saying is. And in the case of the historic NASA/SpaceX crewed mission to the International Space Station, it’s true.

Forestation and tree growth are perhaps the most powerful tool for reducing levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in Earth’s atmosphere and tackling climate change. Now genetically modified (GM) ‘supertrees’ that grow faster and rapidly take up CO2 could be used to address the climate crisis.

NASA announced Wednesday, June 24th that NASA's Washington, D.C. headquarters will now be named for Mary W. Jackson, the first black, female engineer at NASA.

But in the meantime, here are some fin-tastic facts you probably didn’t know about sharks.

Robert Irwin is taking over Shark Week with his very own show, CRIKEY! IT’S SHARK WEEK. Don't miss SHARK WEEK 2021 starting on July 11 on Discovery and discovery+.

This comes after the documentary stars and self-proclaimed rivals of Carole Baskin were accused of animal abuse and neglect.Stream Carole Baskin’s Cage Fight on discovery+.

With wildfires still blazing through NSW, Australia, celebrities have stepped in to donate what they can to help make a difference.

A discovery in Spain has experts wondering whether women were once powerful rulers in ancient Europe.