And it's celebrated in less likely places, too. For instance: your local planetarium. The "Star of Bethlehem" show is — or was — to planetariums what "The Nutcracker" is to ballet companies.

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160,000 light-years away, a star 2,000 times the size of the Sun is dying. Now, that star has been imaged as never before—extremely up-close—revealing details of the star’s activity and ...

This image shows an artist’s reconstruction of the star WOH G64, the first star outside our galaxy to be imaged in close-up. It is located at a staggering distance of over 160 000 light-years ...

The original video also claimed the star of Jacob was the very same that led the Three Wise Men to Bethlehem to see the baby Jesus. However, people have quickly pointed out the inaccuracies in the ...

The image also spots light upon the shiny, bright centre of the nebula. It is assumed that a dead star, neutron, is buried at the centre of the nebula. "The "heart" is the crushed core of the ...

Its shape, together with a depiction of an explosion, form a star, inspired by the Star of Bethlehem that led the Magi to Jesus’s birth. This conveys a message of hope. The artist, Tarek Salsaa ...

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 ...

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared ...

She also took the stage for a handful of performances. You can watch her stunning solo rendition of “Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” below. Before the performance, Judd noted that she’d been ...