According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi, or wise men, to Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. After consulting with King Herod of Judea, the men followed the star to ...

At least four theories have been advanced to explain the Star of Bethlehem from a purely astronomical viewpoint. Possibly the first idea put forward was that it was an unusually bright fireball ...

The famous Star of Bethlehem may not have been a star at all, but an extremely rare planetary alignment, according to a University of Notre Dame professor. Grant Matthews, professor of theoretical ...

the Star of Bethlehem. But did such a cosmic sight ever really exist? And if so, what does astronomical science tell us about what could have caused it? Interestingly, there’s some evidence that ...

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star? The Christmas star At ...

The Star of Bethlehem is endlessly fascinating. All kinds of theories about what it was have been proposed. Based on the way Matthew describes it, some have thought it was a supernatural ...

As the well-known story in the Gospel of Matthew goes, three Magi, or wise men, followed the Star of Bethlehem to Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago. And after consulting with King Herod of Judea ...