Artificial intelligence has created a device that turns moon dust into energy.
The moon vacuum, which was unveiled on Wednesday by Blue Origin at Amazon 's re:Invent 2025 conference in Las Vegas, was built using critical technology from startup Istari Digital.
"So what it does is sucks up moon dust and it extracts the heat from it so it can be used as an energy source, like turning moon dust into a battery," Istari CEO Will Roper told CNBC's Morgan Brennan.
Spacecraft carrying out missions on the lunar surface are typically constrained by lunar night, the two-week period every 28 days during which the moon is cast in darkness and temperatures experience extreme drops, crippling hardware and rendering it useless unless a strong, long-lasting power source is present.
"Kind of like vacuuming at home, but creating your own electricity while you do it," he added.
The battery was completely designed by AI, said Roper, who was assistant secretary of the Air Force under President Donald Trump's first term and is known for transforming the acquisition process at both the Air Force and, at the time, the newly created Space Force.