After an absence of roughly 2000 years the Star of Bethlehem may soon be making a return to our night skies on June 30, 2015 — to be more specific Venus and Jupiter will be making their tightest highly visible conjunction in
The "Star of Bethlehem" will be visible tonight. John Tesh's photo. John Tesh. Get ready for a really cool cosmic event tonight! All over North America, you'll be able to see the "Star Of Bethlehem!" That's when Jupiter and Venus will be so close in
On June 30, Jupiter and Venus will converge and create a dramatic 'star' in the Western sky after sunset. Jupiter and Venus will merge into a dazzling super-star in the Western horizon by the end of June, NASA says.
Sky & Telescope Contributing Editor Fred Schaaf points out that this current trio of Venus-Jupiter conjunctions closely resembles a similar series in 3-2 BC that has been suggested as the Star of Bethlehem. "As has been the case in 2014–15," Schaaf