To spot the celestial 'smiley face,' skywatchers in the U.S. will need a clear view of the eastern horizon in the hour ...

Social media has been a buzz this week about an event Friday morning before sunrise. The Moon will pass near Venus and Saturn ...

The practice of selenography, or the study of the Moon, largely began after the invention of the telescope at the turn of the 15th century. Astronomers like Galileo — who first showed the world ...

A crescent-shaped moon will appear in pre-dawn sky Friday, April 25, along with two planets, Venus and Saturn. Images have spread on social media, suggesting the planets will look like starry eyes ...

The crescent Moon forms an extended smiling face as it passes Venus and Saturn before sunrise Friday, April 25. The images shared online look more like the iconic yellow smiley face, created in ...

"The thin, crescent Moon looks like a smile. To some people, the triangle of bright objects may appear as a smiley face," Culbertson added. "On the morning of April 25, in the eastern sky just ...

Just so you know, some of the graphics used to portray this cool conjunction of moon and planets aren ... This conjunction Friday morning might look like a smiley face to some, but it does ...

On Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon will align to look like a smiley face. The rare alignment will be the most visible a few hours before sunrise.

could appear to look like a 'smiley face' – with the two planets as the 'eyes' and the Moon as the 'smile'. The cosmic 'smiley face' will require a bit of imagination as it will appear to be ...

Veteran astronaut Don Pettit conducted hundreds of hours of research and captured over half a million photos during his ISS ...