Researchers are fine-tuning recipes for a new kind of nuclear battery at Zeno Power's office-lab complex in Seattle.

Radioisotope power systems that convert heat into electricity for off-grid power have been used for decades — for example, for space missions ranging from the Apollo moonshots to the Curiosity ...

Even in the inner solar system, spacecraft such as lunar or Mars rovers need alternative power sources. As an astrophysicist and professor of physics , I teach a senior-level aerospace engineering ...

WASHINGTON — Zeno Power Systems was awarded a $30 million contract to build a radioisotope-powered satellite for the U.S. Air Force by 2025.

Even in the inner solar system, spacecraft such as lunar or Mars rovers need alternative power sources. As an astrophysicist and professor of physics , I teach a senior-level aerospace engineering ...

radioisotope power systems are the way that nasa has been able to discover some of the most amazing things in the solar system. IT USES THE HEAT THAT COMES OFF OF A RADIOISOTOPE AND IT CONVERTS ...

The RPS uses two Stirling engines to convert the heat generated by the decay of Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) into electricity.

Radioisotope power systems have powered more than 24 NASA missions since the 1960s, some leading to the discovery of “moonquakes” on Earth’s moon and active volcanoes, methane lakes and ice ...

NASA's fourth annual Power to Explore Student Challenge kicked off November 7, 2024. The science, engineering, technology, and mathematics (STEM) writing challenge invites kindergarten through ...

Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system. NASA via AP Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway ...