Skywatchers in western Washington can catch a glimpse of what's being dubbed a smiley moon on Friday morning. Back in January and February, you may remember we had a parade of planets when as many as ...

A planetary alignment early Friday morning could resemble a celestial smiley face—depending on where you’re looking from and how much imagination you bring—according to astronomers. The viral claim ...

There are a lot of things in Earth's night sky, and every now and again, they line up in such a way to give us all a little bit of a giggle. On the nights of Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April, just such ...

SEATTLE — The smiley face moon made a partial appearance in the skies of western Washington just before sunrise Friday. High clouds drifted in overnight and gave some nice color to the sunrise, but ...

ATLANTA — Many of you have been asking our meteorologists if you will really be able to see a "smiley face" in the sky Friday morning. Some social media accounts claim that Saturn, Venus and the ...

The internet has been abuzz with the possibility of sky watchers seeing a “smiley face” in the eastern sky above the horizon on Friday morning before dawn. Just so you know, some of the graphics used ...

Viral social media posts claiming a celestial "smiley face" will appear on Christmas are false. The "smiley face" illusion is an optical effect caused by the alignment of a crescent Moon and two ...

The triple conjunction is expected during the early hours of April 25, 2025. The conjunction will be turned on its side in the early morning hours. Early risers, you could glimpse a "smiley face" in ...

On Friday, April 25, the crescent moon, Venus and Saturn will form a planetary conjunction that will look like a smiley face. The event will happen in the early morning hours along the eastern horizon ...