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Christmas fans will receive special gifts this year. On December 21, the star of Bethlehem will be seen more clearly than it has been seen for hundreds of years. A true natural spectacle at the end of the year. Or just a little Christmas miracle.
Why will the light be particularly bright in the sky? There is a scientific explanation for this: Jupiter and Saturn will merge when viewed from Earth. Not really, but as “double planets” they will have a particularly strong luminosity. Like the star of Bethlehem in the story of the birth of Jesus.
No poinsettia for 800 years
This phenomenon has not been seen on this scale for almost 800 years. Patrick Hartigan, professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University in Houston, Texas, told Mdr: “You would have to go back until just before sunrise on March 4, 1226 to get a closer alignment between these visible objects in the night sky to see. “
But was this “double planet” phenomenon also what the Bible says was seen when Jesus was born? Research currently assumes that the star of Bethlehem was precisely this particularly close encounter between Jupiter and Saturn. (euc)
