After a year of firsts and wild experiences, 2020 will end with a sighting of the "Christmas Star," a planetary alignment that hasn't been seen for 800 years. Toward the end of December, stargazers ...

The alignment of planets in space has previously only been depicted in films, cartoons, or animations, but this month we will be able to see it with our own eyes. A rare astronomical alignment of five ...

The star was likely not a star at all but a rare, once-in-several-millennia alignment of planets that would have grabbed the attention of the magi, and signified that a momentous birth had occurred ...

This column is sponsored by Arlington Arts/Arlington Cultural Affairs, a division of Arlington Economic Development. The sun, contemporary art and local history will converge to cast a long shadow on ...