{
  "id": 15619169,
  "title": "Earth's True North and South Poles Have Wandered Four Times Over the Past 320 Million Years, Study Suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/earths-true-north-and-south-poles-have-wandered-four-times-over-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-19T15:01:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-true-north-and-south-poles-have-wandered-four-times-over-the-past-320-million-years-study-suggests-180989698/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The phenomenon, which involves the geographic poles, is distinct from when the magnetic poles move. The planet's solid crust and molten mantle occasionally shift and subsequently reorient themselves during what's called true polar wander",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}