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Discovery (observation) Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something previously unrecognized as meaningful, "portal". In sciences and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and involves provi ...

, observing or finding something unknown *

Discovery (fiction) Anagnorisis (; ) is a moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery. Anagnorisis originally meant Recall (memory), recognition in its Greek context, not only of a person but also of what that person stood for. Anagnor ...

, a character's learning something unknown *

Discovery (law) Discovery, in the law of common law jurisdictions, is a phase of pretrial procedure in a lawsuit in which each party, through the law of civil procedure, can obtain Evidence (law), evidence from other parties. This is by means of methods of dis ...

, a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery or Discoveries may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''The Discovery'' (film), a 2017 British-American romantic science fiction film *

Discovery Channel Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience. It init ...

, an American TV channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery * ''Discovery'' (Canadian TV series), a 1962–1963 Canadian documentary television program * ''Discovery'' (Irish TV series), an Irish documentary television programme * ''Discovery'' (UK TV programme), a British documentary television programme * ''Discovery'' (U.S. TV series), a 1962–1971 American television news program * '' Star Trek: Discovery'', an American television series ** USS ''Discovery'' (NCC-1031), a fictional space craft on ''Star Trek: Discovery'' *"The Discovery," the eighth and final episode of ''

Pokémon Evolutions is a 2021 Japanese animated original net animation (ONA) series released on YouTube and Pokémon TV by The Pokémon Company , simply known as Pokémon is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, market ...

'' * "Discovery" (''Suits''), a 2012 television episode

Literature

* ''The Discovery'' (Frances Sheridan play) (1763) * ''The Discovery'' (Animorphs), children's book * ''Discovery'', a fictional space ship in Ursula Le Guin's ''

Paradises Lost ''Paradises Lost'' is a science fiction novella by American author Ursula K. Le Guin. It was first published in 2002 as a part of the collection '' The Birthday of the World''. It is set during a multigenerational voyage from Earth to a poten ...

Music

Discovery Records Discovery Records was a United States–based record company and label known for its recordings of jazz music. Discovery was founded in 1948 by jazz fan and promoter Albert Marx; it was headquartered in Hollywood, California. The record label wou ...

, a record label *

Discovery (band) Discovery is an American indie electronic recording project of Rostam Batmanglij and Wesley Miles, friends who began recording together in the summer of 2005. History Before Batmanglij and Miles found success in the indie rock scene with Va ...

an indietronica side project from members of Ra Ra Riot and Vampire Weekend * ''Discovery'', Op. 13, a song cycle by

Howard Ferguson George Howard Ferguson (June 18, 1870 – February 21, 1946) was the ninth premier of Ontario, from 1923 to 1930. He was a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1905 to ...

Albums

* ''The Discovery'' (album), a 2011 album by Born of Osiris * ''Discovery'' (Larry Carlton album) * ''Discovery'' (Daft Punk album) * ''Discovery'' (Electric Light Orchestra album) ** ''Discovery'' (music video) * ''Discovery'' (Jewelry album) * ''Discovery'' (Mr. Children album) * ''Discovery'' (Mike Oldfield album) ** ''Discovery'' Tour 1984 * ''Discovery'' (box set), a box set of Pink Floyd albums * ''Discovery'' (Shanice album) * ''

Disc-Overy ''Disc-Overy'' is the debut studio album by the British rapper Tinie Tempah, released in Ireland on 1 October 2010 and in the United Kingdom on 4 October, by Parlophone Records. The original album track list includes Kelly Rowland, Ellie G ...

'', a 2010 album by Tinie Tempah

Songs

* "Discovery" (song), a song by Mamoru Miyano * "Discovery", a song by Chris de Burgh from '' Beautiful Dreams'' * "The Discovery", a 1974 instrumental Tyner McCoy from '' Echoes of a Friend''

Schools

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Discovery College Discovery College () is a private independent school operated by the ESF in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. It offers both primary and secondary education on one campus. The school first opened in August 2009 after replacing another ESF school, Bauhin ...

, a college in Hong Kong * * * *

Vehicles

Air and space

* Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' *

Aero Concepts Discovery The Aero Concepts Discovery is an American amateur-built aircraft, produced by Aero Concepts of Florida. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume ...

, an American homebuilt aircraft design * Offpiste Discovery, a British hang glider design *

SC Discovery The SC Discovery is a Ukrainian single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by SC Paragliding of Kharkiv. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 28. Pagefa ...

, a Ukrainian paraglider design

Land

Land Rover Discovery The Land Rover Discovery is a series of five or seven-seater family SUVs, produced under the Land Rover marque, from the British manufacturer Land Rover, and later Jaguar Land Rover. The series is currently in its fifth iteration (or generat ...

& Discovery Sport, a 4×4 SUV

Marine

* ''Discovery'' (1602 ship) * ''Discovery'' (fireboat), a fireboat operating near the mouth of the Columbia River * MV ''Discovery'', a cruise ship * HMCS ''Discovery'', a Vancouver stone frigate * HMS ''Discovery'' (1741), a 6-gun storeship * HMS ''Discovery'' (1774), an 8-gun discovery vessel * HMS ''Discovery'' (1789), a 10-gun sloop * HMS ''Discovery'' (1874), a wood screw storeship * ''Discovery'' (HBC vessel), built 1905, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels * HSC HSS ''Discovery'', a high-speed ferry * RRS ''Discovery'', the ship on Captain R.F. Scott's Antarctic expedition * RRS ''Discovery'' (1962), a British Royal Research Ship * RRS ''Discovery'' (2013), a British Royal Research Ship

Other uses

Age of Discovery The Age of Discovery (), also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to the 17th century, during which Seamanship, seafarers fro ...

Discovery (apple) 'Discovery' is an early season dessert apple cultivar. One of its parents was the 'Worcester Pearmain', with the pollinator ' Beauty of Bath'.Morgan, J. & Richards, A. (Illus. Dowle, E.) (2002), ''The New Book of Apples'', History 'Discovery' ...

, an apple cultivar * Discovery (elm cultivar) *

Discovery (horse) Discovery (1931–1958) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse. In a racing career which lasted from 1933 to 1936 he ran sixty-three times and won twenty-seven races. One of the leading American three-year-olds of his generation in 1934, ...

, an American Thoroughbred racehorse *

Discovery (synth) Discovery is a software synthesizer VSTi and Audio Units plugin designed and distributed by discoDSP originally released on February 10, 2003. On September 4, 2008, discoDSP released a version for Linux marking the first commercial VSTi plugin avai ...

, a VSTi software synthesizer by discoDSP *

Discovery, Inc. Discovery, Inc. was an American multinational mass media factual television conglomerate based in New York City. Established in 1982, the company operated a group of factual and lifestyle television brands, such as the namesake Discovery Chan ...

, a former American global media and entertainment company **

Warner Bros. Discovery Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (WBD) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media and Outline of entertainment, entertainment Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It was formed from WarnerMedi ...

, successor company formed by merger with WarnerMedia * Discovery, Weymouth, a science centre in Dorset, England * Wikimedia Discovery, a search engine project by the Wikimedia Foundation *

Discovery District The Discovery District is one of the commercial districts in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has a high concentration of hospitals and research institutions, particularly those related to biotechnology. The district is roughly bounded by ...

, an area in Toronto that features hospitals and research institutions *

Discovery doctrine The discovery doctrine, or doctrine of discovery, is a disputed interpretation of international law during the Age of Discovery, introduced into United States municipal law by the US Supreme Court Justice John Marshall in '' Johnson v. McIntos ...

Discovery Institute The Discovery Institute (DI) is a conservatism in the United States, politically conservative think tank that advocates the pseudoscience, pseudoscientific concept Article available froUniversiteit Gent of intelligent design (ID). It was fou ...

, a non-profit public policy think tank *

Discovery Limited Discovery Limited is a major South Africa, South African financial services and private healthcare group. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in Sandton, and listed on the JSE Limited, JSE. Overview Discovery Limited engages in l ...

, a South African–based financial services group *

Discovery Program The Discovery Program is a series of Solar System exploration missions funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through its Planetary Missions Program Office. The cost of each mission is capped at a lower level t ...

, a NASA space science program *

Service discovery Service discovery is the process of automatically detecting devices and services on a computer network. It aims to reduce the manual configuration effort required from users and administrators. A service discovery protocol (SDP) is a network pro ...

on a computer network * Discovery, a generation of

Roomba A Roomba is an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner made by the company iRobot, and was first introduced in September 2002. Roombas have a set of sensors which help them navigate the floor area of a home. These sensors can detect the presence ...

robotic vacuuming devices * Discovery Walks, natural trails in select parks in Toronto * '' Discovery: In the Steps of Columbus'', a 1992 video game *

Discovery (video game) ''Minecraft'' is a 2011 sandbox game developed and published by the Swedish video game developer Mojang Studios. Originally created by Markus Persson, Markus "Notch" Persson using the Java (programming language), Java programming language, the ...

, a ''Minecraft'' clone