So, it was bad enough when some smart-ass alien drew a smiley face on Mars, but in the last couple of weeks, space punks have stepped it up a notch.

First they went and left this big tire mark on Jupiter, and you just know that sucker isn’t coming off without some serious scrubbing, but now some hyperspace hoodie has thrown a great big rock right through one of Saturn’s rings and broken the damn thing. Look:

I suppose next week someone is going to TP Uranus!

If you live in North America, I hope you took a moment to look up at the night sky yesterday evening, especially just as darkness was settling in.

The planet Venus and the planet Jupiter were in “convergence” with the Moon, making this exceptionally bright “sad face” display. Here in Massachuestts, the sky was perfectly clear from dusk until about 9:00 p.m. and it was very impressive to see.

(I didn’t take this picture, BTW. It comes from a Mutual Friend of Torrez.)

If you live in Australia or other regions in the Southern Hemisphere, you would have seen a “happy face” instead, due to the change in angle between the Earth and Moon on the opposite side of the globe.

If you did miss seeing it, it’s not entirely too late. The Moon will be much farther away from the two planets than it was last night, but since these three objects are the first ones to show up in the night sky, you should still be able to make it out. Once the Moon has moved further across the sky, Venus and Jupiter will continue to be exceptionally bright and close to one another for a couple more days.