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Jupiter isn’t a star. Neither is Saturn. But for one night only, on the winter solstice, they will be. If we look up at the sky at the right time, we will see the great conjunction of 2020. Low on the horizon for most observers, Jupiter and Saturn have been visibly moving toward each other for days. On the evening of December 21, these two planets will be so close that they will appear to the naked eye as almost one—a bright star in the heavens. The last time there was a visible great conju...

A diagram of the conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn on December 21. This article was originally published as part of the Out of Space series on Sciblogs.co.nz. ANALYSIS: There have been many articles in the media about the ‘Great Conjunction’ between Jupiter and Saturn that will occur on December 21. Some of them have been good, and informative. Many have been fairly poor. Others have been… well, weird. Some writers have imagined that there is something vitally significant about the ...

The Solstice Star or Christmas Star you are hearing so much about is not a star but two planets.  It will appear on Monday, Dec. 21, the winter solstice, the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere, which happens to be a few days before Christmas. Also called "The Great Conjunction," the name refers to how Jupiter and Saturn will appear to be so close in the night sky. - Advertisement - They will look to our eyes like a single bright star rather than the giant gaseous planets that t...

The gospel writers motives were not to document jesus life and works as history but to make them meaningful in a world of competing theologies. >> when matthew is going to have jesus give a sermon on the mount, hes going to model him on moses, even as he is being born. so as moses was almost killed by the evil pharaoh, jesus is going to be almost killed by the evil herod. >> the number-one message from roman imperial theology was that the emperor was divine and that the emperor had a divine righ...

Religious studies, california state university. >> and muslims believe, just like christians do, that jesus was born to mary, who was a virgin, and mary, interesting enough, is the only woman whos mentioned by name in the quran -- in fact, she is mentioned more by name in the quran than in the new testament. [ men singing ] >> of the four new testament gospels, only two feature the nativity story. the gospel according to luke tells of the roman emperor augustus caesars census and the journey fro...

>> i think, because the story has been domesticated in western culture into this realm of sort of fairyland and santas grotto, that we miss what, certainly for matthew and luke, is very clear. >> the gospel nativity stories may have different accounts of jesus birth, but their message is the same. >> in luke, you have augustus caesar sitting on his throne, and he says, "oh, we need a census. we need to raise some more taxes." and at the far end of his empire, this little couple set off, and a ba...

A fake? >> we found out that the inscription was freshly cut through, though, a general patina. there is, of course, a police investigation. >> other inscriptions were found in a cave outside jerusalem. the archaeologist who excavated the site claims it was used by john the baptist. >> i dont believe that theres any connection between this cave, which is a water system from the iron age, with john the baptist. >> uzi dahari is deputy director of the israeli antiquities authority. theres a face o...

Virgin birth. >> reporter: amir hussein, professor of religious studies, california state university. >> and muslims believe, just y like christians do, that jesus was born to mary, who is a virgin. and mary, interestingly enough, is the only woman whos o mentioned by name is the koran. actually is mentioned more by name in the corinthian in the new testament. >> of the four new testament gospels only two feature the nativity story. the gospeluk according to luke tells of the roman emperor augus...

Traditional catholic circles as understood as cousins rather than brothers. >> questions about josephs age and the brothers versus cousins debate have created a dilemma for some believers, over the virgin birth. >> i think its very critical that we believe in the virgin birth. because it is the virgin birth that preserved the sinlessness of christ. >> in the early church the primary concern was really on jesus divine origin and on the virginal conception and birth. >> when you look at the gospel...

Towards men message of the birth and life of jesus christ. >> irng because the christmas story has been domesticated into this realm of fairyland and grato. it is very clear in matthew and luke. >> they may have different accounts of jesus birth dbut their message is the same. >> in luke you have augustus caesar sitting on his throne. we need to raise more taxes. at the far end of the empire this couple set off and a baby is born who within 100 years will be the talk of the town around the roman...