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 ...

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.

And with celebrations muted this year in the Holy Land, the star hovering over Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, seems to shine a bit brighter these holy days. Originally erected in 1937 to replicate the ...

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 ...