These events can continue every night in a similar location for days ... a conjunction theory might be correct in his book "The Star of Bethlehem" (Rutgers University Press, 1999).

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Was the “Star of Bethlehem” an actual astronomical event? At this time of year, it’s always open for debate, yet most ...

Bethlehem, the West Bank city where Jesus Christ was born, was uncharacteristically silent on Christmas Day. Gone was the usually bustling place filled with foreign tourists and pilgrims flocking to ...

Also known as the Christmas Star, the Star of Bethlehem appears in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew, in which the disciple ...

Could Venus have been the “Star of Bethlehem?" As if to provide more ... and for much of January — Jupiter will be visible all night and highest in the sky just after midnight.

Their view of the night sky was unobstructed by light pollution ... Astronomy and the star of Bethlehem The modern word "astronomy" derives from the Greek word for star, astron.

What brilliant staging and incredible timing it was that a star was chosen to shine brightly over Bethlehem. And a few years back, the “Bethlehem Star” was shining for the first time in 800 years.

In Christian tradition, the "Star of Bethlehem" guided wise men to the site of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem more than two millennia ago. Now, viral social media posts are claiming stargazers can see ...

Shepherds do not ordinarily watch their flocks at night except during the spring ... “What was the Star of Bethlehem?” Many suggestions have been made. One is that the Star was nothing ...

(KGTV) — A social media post claimed that on December 21, “The Star of Bethlehem" would shine for the first time since the year 1226. But that is fiction. The post was actually made two years ...

John’s entire lower level will be transformed into a reenactment of what life was like during the night when Mary and Joseph stopped at Bethlehem on their way to a required census count ordered ...