Sentences with phrase «powered by the radioactive decay»
«The South African extremophile bacteria are powered by the radioactive decay of unstable atoms in the rocks.
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The first rover to be powered by the radioactive decay of plutonium rather than sunlight, Curiosity will be able to work around - the - clock and through the Martian winter.
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The nuclear hearts were powered by plutonium - 238, an element that emits close to a century's worth of steady heat due to its natural radioactive decay.
Go for a morning jog over hilly terrain and the very landscape is likely to be the result of tectonic plate movements, powered deep under our feet in great part by radioactive decays like that of the humble americium writ large.
Unlike the waste from conventional nuclear power plants, which remains radioactive for tens of thousands of years, the by - products of fusion decay within decades.
Rocks have punctured its wheels, and the output of its decaying radioactive power source has dropped by 15 %.