Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. About an hour before sunrise on Friday, April 25, a “smiley ...

The next 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" ...

Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). Check my main feed for more in-depth articles ...

Social media really loves to spread its tall tales when it comes to night sky watching. But sometimes, there’s a kernel of cosmic truth in there. That’s the case with this week’s rare “Smiley Face ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 social ...

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 ...

A thin crescent Moon will pass Venus and Jupiter in the western sky between May 18 and 20, forming one of the most beautiful ...