The 1960s Tech Keeping NASA’s Voyager Probes Alive for Nearly 50 Years
Solar panels are next to useless in the outer solar system, so NASA’s Voyager probes rely on nuclear batteries—technology ...
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Inside radioisotope generators, the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
How do we power missions in the outer reaches of our solar system and beyond? The solution, developed in the '60s, can last ...
The Conversation5d
Radioisotope generators − inside the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft
Instead, they rely on the radioactive decay of elements to produce heat and eventually electricity. While this concept sounds similar to that of a nuclear power plant, RTGs work on a different ...
New Scientist13d
Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar
In a record-breaking test, researchers remotely detected radioactive material by shooting it with infrared laser pulses and ...
New finding forces search for ultra-rare decay process to continue
The AMoRE experimental collaboration in South Korea has reported not finding evidence of neutrinoless double beta decay after ...