Star of Bethlehem may have been caused by movement of planet Jupiter, scientist claims
20th December 2010
Because, you know, it couldn’t have been a miracle or anything that. No, no, perish the thought. It was merely by some odd quirk of fate that some Jewish kid was born around the same time. Purely a coincidence. Entirely unconnected. I was just poking around the sky and happened to notice it, and I said ‘Huh. Look at that.’ Otherwise the date is of absolutely no significance.