One of America’s great Christmas songs grew out of procrastination. Two friends — a rector and his organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity on Rittenhouse Square — found the inspiration in the ...

Is it a Christmas miracle? Scientists have long been exploring the real-life explanations of historical accounts. They even found Santa Claus. Now, scientists are suggesting they have found the Star ...

You may not know it (yet), but lots of holiday earworms have the work of a Pennsylvanian — or several — behind them. From 19th-century religious hymns to covers of Christmas classics by some of the ...

Jupiter and Sirius shine side by side in the southeast tonight, mimicking the mythical “Christmas Star” story. Here's exactly when and where to look.

New research examines the theory that this biblical phenomenon was actually a comet, and subjects it to mathematical ...

Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so the story goes, guided the wise men, or magi, from Jerusalem to greet the ...

Astronomers have long sought a cosmic explanation for the Bible’s Star of Bethlehem, the shining celestial object that, so the story goes, guided the wise men, or magi, from Jerusalem to greet the ...