I love this piece of art. I am also an incredible science nerd. So, I ask this question knowing that to save embarrassment I should look up the facts before posting – but that take the excitement out of this challenge.

Does Venus appear larger than Earth in this depiction? If so, isn’t Earth in fact, slightly larger? I know it’s close, but I thought that our planet was more massive. Perhaps I’m being too Earth-centric. (or perhaps just being a dork)