In the Bible, the Star of Bethlehem rises in the southern sky and then comes to a standstill, which is abnormal for a ...

Astronomers have suggested that the Star of Bethlehem which guided the wise men to the Child Jesus was a nova or “new star,” exploding like famed Nova Herculis of 1934. Last week Professor William ...

The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.

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 ...

Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so the story goes, guided the wise men, or magi, from Jerusalem to greet the ...