NASA's New horizons mission, conducted in 2006, took detailed photos of the surface of the bright future - aun planet and the largest object in the Kuiper Ring. A new study has analyzed images of an area with two large craters, called Wright Mons and Piccard Mons, which scientists have proposed to be an ice volcano. Wright Mons is a mountain 4 to 5km high and about 150km wide, while Piccard Mons is about 7km high and 250km wide.
In the study, scientists concluded that the surfaces around these clusters of land are likely to have formed due to the recent activity of ice volcanoes, also known as cryovolcano.
The discovery raises the possibility that these volcanoes may still be active and have liquid water or something similar, flowing or have recently flowed under the surface of the bright star Diem Vuong.
Recent activity also means that there is a possibility that the planet will heat up more than scientists previously thought. With other recent studies, scientists say their work could even enhance the survival of life on the surface of Diem Vuong's star.
The mountains have extremely low points at the top. Many parts of this area are still unusual and rough in shape, made from rough, round cages.
The studys lead author, planetary scientist Kelsi Singer from the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, told Space.com: No other region on the Moon looks like this. And it is completely unique in the solar system.
Unlike other areas of the Milky Way, this area has few or no collisions, suggesting that the surface has been formed relatively recently in geological time. Based on the lack of collisions, the area may not be older than 1 or 2 billion years old, with some areas possibly less than 200 million years old.
The study was published in the journal Nature Communications on March 29.
