Essay: Who were the three “wise men” who visited Jesus?
ERIC VANDEN EYKEL, an associate professor of religious studies at Ferrum College, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the identity of the three “magi” mentioned in Matthew’s Gospel…
Do you see what I see? Planetary alignment to create a ‘Christmas star’
RNS A star, a star will dance in the night on 21st December. Actually, it won’t be a star, but the so-called “great conjunction” of two planets – Jupiter and Saturn – creating something similar to what some astronomers suggest the wise men may have seen in the biblical account of the birth of Jesus. PICTURE: Angeles […]
Scientists puzzled by really big planet orbiting really little star
Washington, DCReuters Scientists are expressing surprise after discovering a solar system 30 light-years away from Earth that defies current understanding about planet formation, with a large Jupiter-like planet orbiting a diminutive star known as a red dwarf. Stars generally are much bigger than even the largest planets that orbit them. But in this case, the […]