It´s that time of the year... New explanations of the Star of Betlehem.

The fact is, that the whole Star of Betlehem business was likely invented decades after the death of Jesus. That was not uncommon; for someone to be a really important person during the antique and the middle ages, there had to be some signs of your birth and death in the sky. If none were seen, they were invented - or someone started a rumour and when it had circulated for a decade or two it became a truth and was written down by someone who believed in it.