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A new study revisits ancient Chinese records to explore whether a comet could explain the Star of Bethlehem described in ...

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A NASA planetary scientist has proposed what may be the first scientifically sound explanation for the mysterious Star of Bethlehem that guided the three wise men to the infant Jesus over two ...