It鈥檚 a story so familiar to many that you may not even realize there鈥檚 more to be discovered. The Bible describes an event that led so-called wise men to Jesus.
Scripture calls it a star, but what was it really? That鈥檚 the question Grant Mathews, director of the Center for Astrophysics at Notre Dame, set out to answer. He believes the Christmas star was actually a planetary alignment. He shares his research with us for this episode of Notre Dame Stories.