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Here’s \u00a0an info-graphic from astroshop.eu<\/a> about possible astronomical explanations for the Star of Bethlehem:<\/p>\n

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Here’s \u00a0an info-graphic from astroshop.eu about possible astronomical explanations for the Star of Bethlehem:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-multiple-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2ro","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12992,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12992","url_meta":{"origin":9386,"position":0},"title":"Update on Tabby’s Star, i.e. the “Alien Megastructure Star”","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A star displaying peculiar\u00a0light patterns was first noticed in Kepler space telescope data by a group of citizen scientists working in the Planet Hunters\u00a0program. 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