Endangered whale washes ashore dead in North Carolina

The National Park Service says only about 360 right whales are still alive and about five or six calves are born each year.

• Nov 24, 2020

Is this house under a convent in Israel the boyhood home of Jesus?

"I'm working off evidence," Professor Ken Dark told CBS News. "What's there on the ground is very consistent, very convincing."

• Nov 23, 2020

COVID lockdowns' impact on greenhouse gas emissions a "tiny blip"

U.N. weather agency voices hope for lasting change after pandemic, but says reduction in greenhouse gases during lockdowns was just a "tiny blip."

• Nov 23, 2020

Arctic temperatures are astonishingly warmer than they should be

The entire Arctic Circle was an average of 12 degrees Fahrenheit above normal this weekend.

• Nov 23, 2020

SpaceX launches NASA-European sea level monitor

The Sentinel-6 satellite is the first of two in a billion-dollar program to monitor Earth's oceans.

• Nov 22, 2020

Owl found in Rockefeller tree recovering

An owl discovered in the branches of New York's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is recovering and may soon return to the wild. The owl, named "Rockefeller," was hungry and dehydrated after spending three days stuck in the Christmas tree that was shipped 170 miles away from its original location.

• Nov 21, 2020

SpaceX launches satellite to monitor sea levels

SpaceX on Saturday launched a rocket from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The Falcon 9 rocket is carrying into orbit a satellite that will monitor sea levels for at least a decade.

• Nov 21, 2020

Owl found in Rockefeller Christmas tree will soon be released

The tiny owl, named "Rockefeller," was found hiding in the branches of the towering Christmas tree that serves as a focal point of New York City's holiday season.

• Nov 21, 2020

Pompeii excavation unearths well-preserved bodies of two men

Archaeologists have discovered the bodies of two men who died during so-called second pyroclastic flow, after the initial eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

• Nov 21, 2020

First selfie from space goes up for auction

Astronauts captured some of the brightest moments of space exploration with their own photos. Now, what's being called the most comprehensive private collection of NASA photographs ever presented, chronicling major moments in NASA's history — part of a collection of 2,400 original vintage photos called "Voyage To Another World — were auctioned this week by Christie's. Correspondent Imtiaz Tyab takes a look.

• Nov 21, 2020

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