Stargazers who turn their eyes skyward — and use a little bit of imagination — will have a chance to spot a rare "smiley face" in space later this week.

Those in the U.S. will have a little over three hours to watch the universe smile back at us before the whimsical alignment slips beneath the horizon at around midnight local time.

The smiley face is part of Venus' continual shift from an evening spectacle to a morning event throughout April. Mercury will also be making an appearance if you have a horizon view that includes ...

Will you a “Smiley Face” moon in the sky tomorrow morning? A crescent-shaped moon will appear in pre-dawn sky Friday, April 25, along with two planets, Venus and Saturn. Images have spread on ...

You'll see two bright eyes and a smile from the planets and the moon. According to No Chill, the best time to see the sky smiling down on you is about an hour before sunrise on the eastern horizon ...

I’m sufficiently old and grumpy to have resisted the use of emoji for a long time, wondering what was wrong with, you know, words – but I did find myself assimilated in the en ...

March skygazing: A ‘celestial smiley face,’ a blood moon, and more The planet parade afterparty rages on, particularly for Mercury and Venus. Tom Hawking Feb 28, 2025 9:02 AM EST ...

Here's what to know. When can you view the 'smiley face' in Michigan? The triple conjunction is April 25, 2025. The alignment will occur in the predawn hours, at about 5:30 a.m., Live Science said.

Be the first to comment. To Gen Z, that classic smiley face emoji isn’t all sunshine — it’s more of a smug, side-eye smirk that can come off as passive-aggressive in texts like above.

The moon is shown looking like a smile, with Venus serving as one eye. This photo was taken in Beijing in 2023. Saturn is expected to join to make a similar image on April 24-25. VCG/Getty Images ...