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 ...

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the ... Their view of the night sky was unobstructed by light pollution from streetlights, cars and buildings.

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With Christmas coming ... about the three wise men following a star in the sky to the birthplace of Jesus. What about that star – the star of Bethlehem? Back in the time of Jesus, without ...

As Christmas draws near once again ... Historic Bethlehem includes a stop at the star on its Bethlehem by Night bus tour, but gets you only as close as you can legally go: The access point ...

The two planets appeared so close together in Earth’s night sky on the winter ... that coincided with the biblical first Christmas: the Star of Bethlehem. But did such a cosmic sight ever ...

Sitting high atop South Mountain, the lone star peeking out of the trees can be seen from just about anywhere: the highway and Main Street, and its bright light shines directly into Bethlehem ...

which happens this year a few weeks before Christmas. The Star of Bethlehem is described as a "star" seen in the east by the three wise men on the night Jesus was born. According to the Royal ...

According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Star ... and set at night [westward]." Although scientists have ruled out several possibilities, we may never know for sure what the Star of Bethlehem ...

What is the Star of Bethlehem or Christmas Star? The story of the Star ... as does everything in the night sky – including the sun and the planets. Comets are balls of ice and rock that randomly ...