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Was Star of Bethlehem a Real Astronomical Event or Was It Just a Myth?

2025-12-23 Science & Technology
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Support this channel on Patreon to help me make this a full time job: https://www.patreon.com/whatdamath (Unreleased videos, extra footage, DMs, no ads) Alternatively, PayPal donations can be sent here: http://paypal.me/whatdamath Get a Wonderful Person Tee: https://teespring.com/stores/whatdamath More cool designs are on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3QFIrFX Hello and welcome! My name is Anton and in this video, we will talk about the star of Bethlehem Links: https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/1978JRASC..72...65M/0000066.000.html https://britastro.org/journal_contents_ite/the-star-that-stopped-the-star-of-bethlehem-the-comet-of-5-bce #bethlehem #starofbethlehem #science 0:00 Star of Bethlehem question 1:30 Sources and main descriptions 4:20 Previous explanations and historical evidence 6:10 Supernovae remnants and the Einstein connection 8:40 Cometary explanations 11:25 Why this is unlikely and counterevidence 13:30 Conclusions and what this probably was Enjoy and please subscribe Bitcoin/Ethereum to spare? Donate them here to help this channel grow! bc1qnkl3nk0zt7w0xzrgur9pnkcduj7a3xxllcn7d4 or ETH: 0x60f088B10b03115405d313f964BeA93eF0Bd3DbF Thank you to all Patreon supporters of this channel Special thanks also goes to all the wonderful supporters of the channel through YouTube Memberships Licenses used: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ and relevant Creative Commons licenses

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@whatdamath 2025-12-23

Happy holidays!

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@TheCommonTater 2025-12-23

Merry Christmas wonderful Anton!

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@boooshes 2025-12-24

I don't think Josephus would have seen it since he wasn't born until 37. Also, you mentioned that the Korean and Chinese astrologers recorded events not recorded by Mesopotamians, so it's possible that events happened that we haven't found writings about. If Matthew wrote based on oral accounts relayed to him, it actually makes sense that the description of the "star" wasn't intended to stand up to 21st century physics scrutiny, but to relay an unusual event that prompted these persians to come looking.

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@curtislindsey1736 2025-12-23

Merry Christmas Anton and everyone out there! 🎄

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@vincentcleaver1925 2025-12-21

Merry Christmas, Wonderful Anton!

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@TerryCheever 2025-12-23

Thanks Anton, merry christmas to you and thanks for a fun video today, very timely.

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@LTzEz03z 2025-12-24

I still like to think the Supernova of 1054 is significant as well, as the year is also coincides with the The Great Schism.

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@zachbase1124 2025-12-24

Merry Christmass, wonderful people!

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@chameleonvisit3172 2025-12-24

Merry Christmas all! ✝️

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@shparto1118 2025-12-23

If the perfect Christmas episode for this channel existed, that would be it

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