Dwarf planets at Solar System's fringes may be geologically active - study
The dwarf planets in question, Eris and Makemake, are both found in the Kuiper Belt past Neptune's orbit and are far from the Sun's warmth, similar to fellow dwarf planet Pluto.
This artist's rendering of Eris and its moon Dysnomia imagines the rest of the solar system as a distant, dusty disk.(photo credit: NASA/ESA/STScI)ByAARON REICH