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  "id": 8936489,
  "title": "The Red Planet has a purple side",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/the-red-planet-has-a-purple-side",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T14:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-red-planet-purple-side.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Oxidized iron dominates the Martian color palette. The dusty reds, ochers, browns and tans give the planet its nickname: the Red Planet. But new images of Mars' south polar region show something different. Swirls of pink, purple and red highlight the region and a feature named Thyles Rupes, an icy crag with cliffs higher than 1 km (0.6 miles). Rupes means cliff in Latin, while Thyles is a…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}