US EditionWhat Was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’? Was It a Planet or an Exploding Star in the Distant Cosmos?
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What was the ‘Star of Bethlehem’? Was it a planet or an exploding star in the distant cosmos?
A look at the enduring mystery of the ‘Star of Bethlehem’, exploring whether Jupiter, rare planetary alignments, comets or supernovae could explain the celestial event that has fascinated astronomers and believers for centuries.
What Was the Star of Bethlehem?
Editor’s Note: Several years ago, Paul Wallace wrote a series of articles in Nurturing Faith Journal, the forerunner to Good Faith Magazine, titled “Questions Christians Ask Scientists.” The following was an installment from that series. There is only one passage in which the so-called Star of Bethlehem appears in the Bible: Matthew 2:8–10. We are told that “in the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the…
A NASA planetary scientist believes the Star of Bethlehem may have been a comet whose motion across the sky was temporarily balanced by the Earth's rotation. This is how he explains his thesis.
There's yet another new theory about the guideposts of shepherds and wise men. But: Is it really necessary?
How do scientists explain the mystery of the Bethlehem Christmas Star? Does it really exist?
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