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

Zeno Power says it has gained access to radioactive material destined for its first full-scale radioisotope power systems under the terms of a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy.… ...

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.

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

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 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 ...

Perpetual Atomics Ltd has partnered with QSA Global, Inc. (USA) to process americium into sealed sources for radioisotope power systems, enabling transformative nuclear technology for future space ...

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 ...