southern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Southern Hemisphere
: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator
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Rubin will scan the sky over the southern hemisphere every night for 10 years, covering the entire hemisphere approximately every few nights hunting for objects with changing brightness.
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The company identified the animal as a minke whale, some of which are commonly spotted in places off the Great Barrier Reef and other warm waters in the southern hemisphere.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Barring a couple of enormous basins, the entire southern hemisphere of the red planet is elevated by a kilometer or more, and sits atop a far thicker crust.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The company identified the animal as a minke whale, some of which are commonly spotted in places off the Great Barrier Reef and other warm waters in the southern hemisphere.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Leave a comment View Comments The formations have also provided insight into one of the biggest mysteries on Mars — why the planet has a marked boundary between the soaring highlands of its southern hemisphere and shallow plains in the northern hemisphere.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Barring a couple of enormous basins, the entire southern hemisphere of the red planet is elevated by a kilometer or more, and sits atop a far thicker crust.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Southern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20hemisphere. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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