There a many references of the Star of Bethlehem, possibly even identified within old
Roman coins, but what actually was this strange heavenly sighting? Considering the story that three wise men were able to follow the star through the night sky and that is allegedly stopped over the location where Christ was born, then its easy to consider that this 'star' was something much stranger. But what does the astronomical evidence suggest. Could there have been anything else to explain this phenomena rather than some kind of extraterrestrial craft or spiritual phenomena?