{
  "id": 4888313,
  "title": "Mars' Southern Half Is Weirdly Warm Underground. The 'Thermal Anomaly' Might Explain Why the Planet's Hemispheres Look So Different",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mars-southern-half-is-weirdly-warm-underground-the-thermal-anomaly",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:47:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mars-southern-half-is-weirdly-warm-underground-the-thermal-anomaly-might-explain-why-the-planets-hemispheres-look-so-different-180989424/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers used a novel technique to figure out what's going on inside the Red Planet. The work suggests that the interior of the southern hemisphere is hundreds of degrees hotter than that of the northern hemisphere and partially molten",
  "key_points": [],
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  "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."
}