The “Christmas Star” may have been a conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter. The other planetary candidate making its case this month is Venus, which is shining even more brightly than Jupiter.

What’s the bright star in the east — and west? This week, three bright planets are making that case to be this year's “Star of Bethlehem” or “Christmas ... or a conjunction of two ...

The next "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn will ... Astronomers believe the Star of Bethlehem or "Christmas Star" could have been Jupiter, Venus, or Mars—or possibly a combination ...