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12/16/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/16/2024 08:04
What was the Christmas Star
What was the Christmas Star?
Published:December 16, 2024
Author: Jenna Liberto
It's a story so familiar to many that you may not even realize there's more to be discovered. The Bible describes an event that led so-called wise men to Jesus.
Scripture calls it a star, but what was it really? That's the question Grant Mathews, director of the Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame, set out to answer. He believes the Christmas star was actually a planetary alignment. He shares his research with us for this episode of Notre Dame Stories.
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