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 ...

If the Star of Bethlehem is actually a comet ... when you plug the orbit into planetarium software, you discover a pattern that lines up perfectly with what Matthew 2 records.

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 ...

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. 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 ...

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 ...