Jupiter and Saturn came together in a “Great Conjunction” in 2020 that was unlike any seen in nearly 800 years. The two planets appeared so close together in Earth’s night sky on winter solstice they looked almost like a single object. That’s prompted some to dub the sight a “Christmas Star,” and others to wonderContinue reading “The Star of Bethlehem: Can science explain what it really was?”

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