Wednesday, December 24, 2014

O Subtle Star of Bethlehem


Theory suggests wise men saw something big in something little.

For 400 years, astronomers have tried to explain the celestial phenomenon that attracted the Magi to the birth of Jesus. Johannes Kepler, the pioneer of modern astronomy, was the first to analyze it in 1614. Now, scholars increasingly agree that Michael Molnar, a former Rutgers University astronomer with a coin-collecting hobby, may have figured it out. Read more

Photo:Michael R.Molnar/Eclipse.net

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