southern hemisphere
noun
variants
or Southern Hemisphere
: the part of the earth that lies south of the equator
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The current longest-running planetarium in the southern hemisphere is in Montevideo, Uruguay, operational since 1955.
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Martin Bush, Space.com, 5 July 2025
All of the land masses in Earth’s southern hemisphere are within the reentry footprint, along with the large majority of the north.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
Eventually, this revealed that heat from the core would escape at the southern end of Mars, generating a strong magnetic field that only encompassed the southern hemisphere.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
The northern lights are a luminous glow seen around the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
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Martin Bush, Space.com, 5 July 2025
All of the land masses in Earth’s southern hemisphere are within the reentry footprint, along with the large majority of the north.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
Eventually, this revealed that heat from the core would escape at the southern end of Mars, generating a strong magnetic field that only encompassed the southern hemisphere.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
The northern lights are a luminous glow seen around the magnetic poles of the northern and southern hemispheres, according to the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Southern hemisphere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southern%20hemisphere. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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