A team of engineers is working on a real life “tractor beam,” a staple device of spacefaring sci-fi that can push and pull objects at a distance without making contact. Tantalizingly, their early ...

Researchers are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem. When you purchase through links on our ...

The growing problem of space junk around Earth could be cleaned up in part using the same forces that give you a static shock when you touch a doorknob on a windy day. By shooting space debris with an ...

Muskegon County Sheriff's Deputy Kevin Bouwman, right, and other rescuers responded Thursday afternoon, Sept. 17, 2015, to a rural property in the 12000 block of Hall Road in Muskegon County's ...

This article has been updated to clarify who pioneered the laser thruster technology, and to add further information about polymer-based tractor beam motors. WITH Earth’s orbit cluttered with dead ...