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Mysterious Christmas Day "Starburst" Explained?
Science & Tech  (tags: Mysterious, Christmas, Day, “Starburst”, Explained? )

Agnes
- 173 days ago - newswatch.nationalgeographic.com
On December 25, 2010, a NASA telescope spotted a bright "star" that suddenly appeared in the sky. The brilliant object was a gamma-ray burst--a distant and mysterious flash of some of the most intense light in the cosmos. (Related: "Ultrabright Gamma-ray
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Mission Impos-Sleighbell? Children Can Track Santa's Journey Online
Science & Tech  (tags: Santa's journey, online, sciencetech, Christmas, children )

Alisa
- 880 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Excited children who can't quite wait for Christmas morning, can now track Santa's progress around the world online.
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Christmas Ties to Paganism Reinforced By New Archeological Discovery
Science & Tech  (tags: archeology, grotto, pagan, paganism, Christmas, church )

RC
- 1615 days ago - happynews.com
Italian archeologists revealed that an underground grotto, known as a "Lupercale", has been unearthed very near the site where Constantine built the Basilica of St. Anastasia. This church is believed to be the birthplace of celebrating Christmas on 12/25.
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Astronomer Explains Star of Bethlehem
Science & Tech  (tags: Christmas, Star of Bethlehem, Magi, astronomy, science, interesting )

J.
- 1624 days ago - sciencecodex.com
A professor of physics and astronomy says there are several popular theories that may answer this question.But the favorite candidate hypothesis for the star of Bethlehem, he explains, is a planetary conjunction.
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