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Friday, December 1, 2017<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Travel back in time more than 2,000 years to Bethlehem and discover scientific explanations for the star the wise men followed to find the baby Jesus.<\/p>\n
Tarleton State University Planetarium’s most popular holiday show The Mystery of the Christmas Star<\/em> investigates possible dates for the birth of Christ and looks at recorded sightings of significant astronomical events during this timeframe.<\/p>\n During The Mystery of the Christmas Star<\/em>, visitors to the Tarleton planetarium will see how signs in the sky could have been remarkable enough to cause the wise men to travel across the desert from Babylon to Bethlehem to see the newborn king. This modern retelling of the Christmas story is sure to charm and captivate audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n Admission is free for the 46-minute program, but seating is limited to 86 guests during each show time.<\/p>\n Dates and times for this special holiday presentation are: To schedule school groups, clubs or other gatherings at the planetarium, call 254-968-0523 or email planetarium@tarleton.edu<\/a>. Advance notice is required for private screenings.<\/p>\n For more information about Tarleton’s planetarium, visit www.tarleton.edu\/planetarium<\/a> or follow the venue on Facebook, www.facebook.com\/TSUPlanetarium<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tarleton, celebrating 100 years as founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow’s professional leaders. As a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) with campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, leadership, excellence and service.<\/p>\n #<\/p>\n Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist Travel back in time more than 2,000 years to Bethlehem and discover scientific explanations for the star the wise men followed to find the baby Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":28953,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423,424,425],"tags":[441,442],"class_list":["post-28952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research","category-arts-events","category-campus-community","tag-college-of-science-mathematics","tag-community-events"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-1478-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>","Arts & Events<\/a>","Campus & Community<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>","Arts & Events<\/span>","Campus & Community<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["College of Science & Mathematics<\/a>","Community Events<\/a>"],"unlinked":["College of Science & Mathematics<\/span>","Community Events<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 1, 2017","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 1, 2017 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on November 12, 2021 2:04 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Silhouettes of three camels under \"Mystery of the Christmas Star\" text.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Thursday, Dec. 7, 14 and 21 – Noon
Friday, Dec. 8 and 15 – Noon
Saturday, Dec. 9 and 16 – 7 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 22 – Noon<\/p>\n
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"