Today, Venus is referred to as the "Christmas Star" because it will be the brightest object in the sky, besides the moon and sun, Throop said. Stars can be seen in the night sky. When Jupiter is ...

An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. ForbesHow You Can See A Once-In-10-Lifetimes 'Christmas Star' Planets This Week With Your Naked EyesBy Jamie Carter Although ...

It’s a phenomenon not seen for nearly 800 years, but it will light up the sky Monday night. “What has become known popularly as the ‘Christmas Star’ is an especially vibrant planetary ...

He's talking about the "Christmas star," in which the two huge planets come so close as viewed from Earth that they appear as one very bright light in the night sky. Jupiter and Saturn align every ...

creating a "Christmas star" in what will be a super rare occurrence. The two planets will create a "spectacular event in the sky” on Monday night as they happen to meet in a combined patch of ...

As 2020 came to a close, the solar system decided to grace us with a cosmic Christmas miracle that hadn't been witnessed in nearly 800 years, often referred to as the "Star of Bethlehem" or the ...

Roughly every 20 years Jupiter and Saturn aline creating a bright ‘star’ in the heavens. This phenom got its Christmas name it is believed, by being seen in the sky around Jesus’s birth.

The Christmas Star is the bright ... the second-brightest object in the night sky minus the moon will be easily visible in the night sky. RELATED: Shooting Stars: What exactly are they?

An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Look west right after ... visitor to those “Three Kings.” A “Christmas Star?” It’s Comet Leonard, which appears ...

The conjunction of the two largest planets in our solar system was seen from Earth as an impressive big bright light in the night sky ... to it as the Christmas Star or the Star of Bethlehem." ...

The timing of this conjunction, as the celestial event is known, has caused some to suggest it may have been the source of a bright light in the sky 2,000 years ago. That became known as the Star ...

Stars can be seen in the night sky. Picture Alliance/DPA via Getty Images The "Christmas Star" may have historically been when Jupiter and Saturn were in conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn or ...