Liftoff set for Friday, April 23, at 5:49A EDT marks the second operational flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon. Four space explorers are heading to the International Space Station for a six-month stay. It will take them 23 hours to reach their destination.

After the NASA/SpaceX launch experienced a series of delays, Crew-3 is set to lift off no earlier than 9:03 P ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center tomorrow! Watch SPACE LAUNCH LIVE: CREW-3 LIFT OFF on Science Channel at 8 P ET Wednesday, November 10.

Jupiter is all sorts of wild.

This new planet has had a pretty rough life.

Unnatural selection: After being targeted by ivory poachers in Mozambique, elephants are being born without tusks at an increasing rate.

Celebrate National STEM/STEAM Day in style with these fun activities. Updated November 8, 2021

Baby greater sac-winged bats show similarities to human babies in the way they string together syllabus before they can learn to “talk.”

Yellowstone was created by President Theodore Roosevelt, when the American West wasn’t under the expansive urban sprawl that is enduring today. Yet the foresight of protecting the place for “future generations” became a hallmark of America. As we celebrate the last 150 years, I wonder what it means to preserve Yellowstone (or any national park) for the next 150 years and beyond. What does the word “generations” mean? Generations of wildlife? People?

In a library in the UK, research librarians stumbled upon one of the oldest known manuscripts detailing the legend of Merlin. Translated from Old French, the accidentally discovered text offers a slightly augmented take on a typically risqué Arthurian legend.

On a warming planet, the ability of animals to adapt to climate change can be the difference between survival and extinction.

By training cattle to use “bathroom stalls,” farms could treat cow urine — limiting ammonia pollution.

Hungry sea otters improve the genetic diversity of eelgrass when digging for clams among aquatic vegetation, found scientists.

It’s like “Armageddon” but in real life.

Diwali is a Hindu festival that occurs every year in autumn during the month of Kartik - which to us Westerners corresponds to mid-October to mid-November.

It is nature’s ultimate quest – the pursuit of a mate. THE MATING GAME, narrated by David Attenborough, is streaming on discovery+ starting November 21.