As regular as Christmas and Epiphany come the annual revelations of the true nature of the Star of Bethlehem. The latest is a ...

The "Star" of Bethlehem's identity remains a mystery, captivating astronomers and believers alike with theories of rare celestial events and their symbolic power ...

Christmas and industrial history aren’t all this Lehigh Valley city have to offer. For J. William Reynolds, a lifelong resident of the city of 75,000 and its mayor since 2022, Bethlehem stands out — ...

Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events.

In the run up to Christmas, carols fill the air. Many have an astronomical twist, singing of the "Christmas Star" from the ...

The Star of Bethlehem has long hovered between faith and physics, a luminous mystery that resists easy explanation. Now a ...

Described in the Gospel of Matthew as the celestial sign that led the Magi to the newborn Jesus, the star stands at the ...

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...

On Christmas night, Jupiter will be one of the brightest objects in the sky — and a  stand-in for the mythical “Christmas ...

The German polemic renowned for laws of planetary motion estimated that in the year 7 BC Jupiter and Saturn aligned in ...

Technical terms used in the Bible’s description point to a real astronomical event that could explore the origin of the star ...

Use telescopes and binoculars to observe a crescent moon, Jupiter as a 'Christmas star', star clusters and more — now is a great time to go night sky viewing.