it can sometimes feel like emoji are everywhere you look. But tonight, a rare astronomical display will take this to new levels - as an extraterrestrial emojii forms in the night sky. In the early ...

Early risers will be able to catch a celestial "smiley face" in the eastern predawn sky Friday morning, as Venus and Saturn ...

Look to the eastern sky late Thursday, and a clear horizon will show you this unusual, grinning planet alignment.

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.