Deep space probes and frontline soldiers share a basic problem: once they leave the grid, every watt has to be carried in.

Zeno Power's first full-scale radioisotope power systems will be fuelled by strontium-90 material recycled from a legacy radioisotope generator under a new public-private partnership with the US ...

An unused Cold War-era generator has left Oak Ridge on a new mission: bring power to the most remote places on earth and the dark side of the moon. Zeno Power joined forces with the Oak Ridge Office ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy has produced its first batch of non-weapons grade plutonium, used to power space probes, since a nuclear reactor shutdown 25 ...

Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how intense the Sun’s light can feel on Earth. Spacecraft near the Earth use large solar panels to harness the Sun for the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. (THE CONVERSATION) Powering spacecraft with solar energy may not seem like a challenge, given how ...