Posts claim images show Leviathan 'waking up.' We found the real story lurking underneath

The "beast" on Google Maps — called Leviathan, dragon, snake and more by some — is actually just a byproduct of the tectonic plates beneath our feet.
Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists Say That Jupiter—the Solar System’s Largest Planet—Might Be Slightly Smaller Than Previously Thought

Updated measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft could help researchers better understand the planet's mysterious interior, ...

Jupiter's slimmer profile: Giant planet revealed to be narrower at equator

For over 50 years, we thought we knew the size and shape of Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet. Now, Weizmann ...
Nature

See the Sun expand and contract like a pufferfish — January’s best science images

Puffed-up Sun. Data from inside the Sun’s corona — the outermost layer of its atmosphere — helped astrophysicists to create a sharper picture of the Sun’s shifting boundaries than ever before. The ...