简介 In one of the most magical stories ever told, a bright star led the wise men from the east to the new Messiah. Now scientists are looking back i nto the skies of the ancient world to find out if the magi could have witnessed a real astronomical event. Could the star of Bethlehem have been a comet, an alignment of planets or even a supernova? Who were the wise men, and why were they watching the night skies? Could evidence from a clay tablet from Babylon, an ancient manuscript from China, a fresco in the Catacombs of Rome and biblical texts help to finally unravel the greatest astron...