NEW YORK CITY — It may seem the universe is smiling down on New Yorkers during a rare triple celestial conjunction that will look like a smiley face from Earth in the predawn hours of Friday.

A triple planetary conjunction is lighting up the skies with a “smiley face” on April 25, thanks to Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon coming into this rare and playful alignment. A triple ...

To some people, the triangle of bright objects may appear as a smiley face." Mercury, which will also appear bright that day, will be visible below the smiley face for those with a clear view to ...

Before sunrise on April 25, a slender waning crescent moon will appear left of Venus and Saturn to create the tilted happy face.

The smiley face in the sky should be visible in the Hudson Valley before sunrise Thursday, April 25. The smiley face-like formation is called a 'triple conjunction', during which the crescent moon ...