Unexpected 'Geological Activity' on Dwarf Planet Ceres Shocks Scientists

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Unexpected 'Geological Activity' on Dwarf Planet Ceres Shocks Scientists
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It's not supposed to do that.

, and cool down over time. Ceres, on the other hand, was never big enough to be a true planet, and thus couldn't have generated heat during formation.

Rather, they believe that the dwarf, which scientists believe contain radioactive elements uranium and thorium, actually became heated due to interior radioactive decay — which, fascinatingly, took the body from cold, to hot, to cold once again, as opposed to the hot-to-cold pattern traditionally seen in larger planets.

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