Of the six billion emoji that are sent globally every day, around 70% are emotion based – for example, smiley face, love hearts. A smaller proportion of the emoji sent are sad expressions.

Sky watchers may see a smiley face beaming down on Earth during a rare alignment between the moon and two rising planets in ...

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

Early risers will be able to catch a celestial “smiley face” in the eastern predawn ... moon to form a slightly off-kilter cosmic emoji in the hours before sunrise. The triple conjunction ...

Over time, emoji meanings have become subjective, depending on a message's context and wider cultural trends. Which shaking smiley face should you use? Is there a difference between each ...