Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Was the “Star of Bethlehem” an actual ... Encyclopaedia Britannica/UIG Via Getty Images) 17th-century astronomer Johannes ...

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star? The Christmas star. At ...

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 ...

This week, three bright planets are making that case to be this year's “Star of Bethlehem” or "Christmas Star," with Jupiter, ...

Was the Star of Bethlehem a comet, conjunction, or astrological sign Experts believe the Star could have been an alignment of planets Debate continues over whether the Star was a miracle or an astrono ...

"Right now is a great time to go outside and look up at the night sky," Henry Throop, a planetary scientist at NASA, told ABC News. The "Christmas Star" may have historically been when Jupiter and ...

Also known as the Christmas Star, the Star of Bethlehem appears in the Bible’s Gospel of Matthew. The disciple relates how the Magi [wise people] from the East came to Jerusalem and asked: “Where is ...

Shepherds do not ordinarily watch their flocks at night except during ... and on Christmas cards pictures of the shepherds with the Star of Bethlehem in the sky, even though the shepherds never ...