The skit opens with a starry night in Bethlehem, Judea, the night Jesus was born, in year zero. A knock is heard on the door to Miriam and Joseph's home, and three people in cloaks walk in.

At Christmas, we remember the wise men who followed a star to Bethlehem. But what was the star? The Christmas star. At ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Was the “Star of Bethlehem” an actual astronomical event? At this time of year, it’s always open for debate, yet most ...

The streets are beginning to shine with the first hints of the Christmas season. The stars that dot the skies above ...

It’s a hotly debated topic in astronomy: what was the “Star of Bethlehem” or “Christmas ... Rising late at night or early in the morning will be Regulus, the brightest star in the ...

What brilliant staging and incredible timing it was that a star was chosen to shine brightly over Bethlehem. And a few years ...