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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 ...

(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 ...

The Star of Bethlehem has long hovered between faith and physics, a luminous mystery that resists easy explanation. Now a planetary researcher argues that the famous light guiding the magi was not a ...