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 as one ...

COLLEGE STATION, TX It's the story of the star of Bethlehem. It's been passed down for generations, but did the star really exist? Rick Larson teaches law at Texas A&M, but his real passion is the ...

What was the Star of Bethlehem? Did the star really exist? Find out more with our kids' guide to astronomy by local astronomer Mark Lawrik-Thompson. The BBC is not responsible for the content of ...

As a young boy, one of my highlights of the Christmas season was visiting New York's Hayden Planetarium where they would stage their traditional sky show in which astronomers pondered the age-old ...

High on South Mountain, a star overlooks Bethlehem, PA. It has been the city's symbol for 76 years and it's an apt one. The star of Bethlehem remembers the industrious Moravian founders who, on ...

The famous Star of Bethlehem may not have been a star at all, but an extremely rare planetary alignment, according to a University of Notre Dame professor. Grant Matthews, professor of theoretical ...

Before one sets out to analyze the astronomical charts for the skies on any date (widely available now in computer programs), in relation to candidates for the star of Bethlehem, one must determine a ...