According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star of Bethlehem guided three Magi ... "For Christmas cards, it makes a nice picture having a comet and a tail but in those days comets up in the sky ...

One of the classic images of the Christmas holiday is that of three wise men or kings traveling to Bethlehem, over which hangs a brilliant star. The Star of Bethlehem has its roots in the opening ...

[Space Christmas: Festive Photos of Cosmic ... What might the star have been? At least four theories have been advanced to explain the Star of Bethlehem from a purely astronomical viewpoint.

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Could the rare ...

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 ...

[Space Christmas: Festive Photos of Cosmic ... What might the star have been? At least four theories have been advanced to explain the Star of Bethlehem from a purely astronomical viewpoint.

How often do we see in advertisements and on Christmas cards pictures of the shepherds with the Star of Bethlehem in the sky, even though the shepherds never saw the Star. We see pictures of the ...

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared ...

With modern computer software, it's easy for astronomers to calculate the positions of stars thousands of years ago, at the click of a button. Before computers, ancient astronomers had to plot the ...