There’s also talk of Comet Leonard being visible in the post-sunset night sky, though perhaps it’s not obvious enough to be called a “Christmas Star.” However, there are some spectacular ...

The double planet view is also known by some astronomers as the "Christmas Star" because of a belief that the biblical tale of the Star of Bethlehem could have been a planetary conjunction.

As 2020 came to a close, the solar system decided to grace us with a cosmic Christmas miracle that hadn't been witnessed in nearly 800 years, often referred to as the "Star of Bethlehem" or the ...

An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Did you see the “Christmas Star” yet? On Monday, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn reached their closest conjunction ...