Are you looking for a “Christmas Star” this year? You’re going to have to wait a while, but like everything to do with stargazing, your patience will be rewarded. Last Christmas there was a ...

The rare “Christmas Star” is coming tonight, but the weather may not cooperate. Hopefully there will be some breaks in the clouds for you to get a look. How often do we get a chance to witness ...

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.

The two largest planets in the solar system don't often cross paths so closely, and when they do, the rare event creates something that some have been calling the "Christmas Star." In other words ...

Saturn and Jupiter will come the closest they have done in hundreds of years, creating a "Christmas star" in what will be a super rare occurrence. The two planets will create a "spectacular event ...

For the first time in 800 years, people will be able to see the “Christmas Star” in the sky when Jupiter and Saturn appear to merge and form a double planet. Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions ...

Many Christmas cards and other Christmas art feature a brilliant Bethlehem star, also a favorite tree topper. This celestial icon stems from the Bible’s Christmas story in Matthew 2:2 ...

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