The smiley face captured by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter is more than just a quirky image; it represents a crucial clue in the ongoing search for life on Mars.

Tracing the path of the smiley face through popular culture, decades before Justin Bieber tapped the logo for his new brand, Drew. By Brooke Mazurek As the Vietnam War came to a disastrous end in ...

Wouldn’t you be happy too? The European Space Agency has found a “smiley” face on the surface of Mars — and the joy-sparking pattern could be a sign of life on the bright red dot. The ...

A ‘smiley face’ spotted on Mars could be the key to extraterrestrial life ... Mars now reveals its secrets through chloride salt deposits found by our ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. ...

In fact, the smiley face can trace its modest origins back to an insurance company in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1963. (Did you know Post-It notes were invented by accident, too?) ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared an image of the smiley face in an Instagram post on Sept. 7. The grinning shape, which is made up of a ring of ancient chloride salt deposits with a pair of ...

In Nirvana's copyright dispute with Marc Jacobs over its smiley-face logo, the band said Kurt Cobain created it. Now, their art director says he did.

He said he used a felt tip pen to draw the smiley face on tracing paper and blew it up bigger with a Xerox machine, which he said created the “squiggly-looking” face design.

And, if you trace the genealogy at ancestry.com, perhaps we’ll discover that story.” Smiley Ball and Smiley were both inspired by the smiley face created by Worcester’s Harvey Ball in 1963.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS Astronomers recently spotted a surprising "smiley face" beaming up ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) shared an image of the smiley face in an Instagram post on Sept. 7. The grinning shape, which is made up of a ring of ancient chloride salt deposits with a pair of ...