(NewsNation) — For more than two millennia, the Star of Bethlehem has captured the imagination of believers, scientists and historians alike. Described in the Gospel of Matthew as the celestial sign ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This week, three bright planets are making that case to be ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights ...

Every year on January 6th, Christians who follow the Julian calendar celebrate epiphany, a holiday marking the visit of the Magi to the baby Jesus. But while the occasion holds deep religious ...

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events. One such description is that of the Star of Bethlehem—a bright ...

The Star of Bethlehem is one of the most famous pieces of Christmas iconography. Despite only appearing in one of the four canonical gospels (the Gospel of Matthew), the story of a celestial object ...

Christians are well aware of the Nativity story, in which three wise men follow the "Star of Bethlehem" to the newborn Jesus. But does this biblical story have astronomical origins? What was the ...

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. When you ...

Theologians, historians and astronomers have debated the Biblical story for centuries. "The Adoration of the Magi" by Guiseppe Chiari (1654-1727). The Virgin Mary, seated on the left and turned to the ...

“After their audience with the king, [the wise men] set out,” reads chapter two of the Book of Matthew. “And behold, the star that they had seen at its rising preceded them, until it came and stopped ...