"I'm not an astronomer, I really don't have a science background ... The star would have to rise in the east It would have to appear at a precise time It would have to stop over Bethlehem "That ...

What about the star parked directly above the first crèche? The word usually translated as “stood over ... background stars). By the earliest time the men could have arrived in Bethlehem ...

That prompted some to dub the sight a “Christmas Star,” and others to wonder about a similar-sounding celestial event that coincided with the biblical first Christmas: the Star of Bethlehem.

As they travelled to Bethlehem, the star would have stayed roughly ahead of them, heading south. Finally, and much more crucially, it stopped over Bethlehem. Another way to interpret this is that ...

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great ... till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.” ...

What about the star parked directly above the first crèche? The word usually translated as “stood over ... background stars). By the earliest time the men could have arrived in Bethlehem ...

Star of Bethlehem (0rnithogalium umbellatum) is a spring-blooming perennial that grows in clumps with long narrow, grassy looking leaves. In the late spring in zones 4-9 in locations with some sun ...

What about the star parked directly above the first crèche? The word usually translated as “stood over ... background stars). By the earliest time the men could have arrived in Bethlehem ...

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Astronomers have suggested that the Star of Bethlehem which guided the wise men to the Child Jesus was a nova or “new star,” exploding like famed Nova Herculis of 1934. Last week Professor ...

A question frequently heard by astronomers near Christmas is, “What was the Star of Bethlehem ... keeping watch over their flock by night.” Shepherds do not ordinarily watch their flocks ...