What and When Was the Christmas Star?

Author: Shelly Goethals

Flyer describing details of the annual Christmas Star program at the University of Notre Dame

Physicist Grant Mathews will share the astrophysical details about the well-documented Christmas Star. Was it a comet, a nova, a supernova, or a planet alignment? And who were the wise men from the East? Join Prof. Mathews in the Digital Visualization Theater in the Jordan Hall of Science to learn more.

This event is free and open to the public. Parking lots are open to the public during these hours. Link to campus map here.

There are two showings: Saturday, December 14 at 7pm and Sunday, December 15 at 3pm.