Venus is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon, and sometimes looks like a bright star in the morning or evening sky. … However, space missions to Venus have shown us that its surface is covered with craters, volcanoes, mountains, and big lava plains.

What does Mercury look like?

The planet Mercury looks a little bit like Earth’s moon. Like our Moon, Mercury’s surface is covered with craters caused by space rock impacts. Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and the eighth largest. … Mercury has a thick iron core and a thinner outer crust of rocky material.

What color is Mercury and Venus?

Mercury is slate gray while Venus is pearly white, Earth a vibrant blue, and Mars a dusky red. Even the gas giants are different, Neptune and Uranus an opaque blue, while Jupiter and Saturn are mostly beige with brilliant red-brown belts.