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Federation starships travel throughout Star Trek's universe using warp speed, but even faster-than-light travel has its ...

The tractor beam, the famous grabbing tool of choice by any UFO or spaceship, may be one step closer to reality after a breakthrough in an unexpected field.

A tractor beam —a special beam of electromagnetic radiation that draws particles toward it instead of pushing them away—might be a concept straight from Star Trek, but scientists from the ...

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.

Scientists are working on bringing a tractor beam from science fiction to reality. The researchers are planning to use beams of electrons to create opposite charges and attract object to the beam ...

While “Star Trek 2” (which isn’t the actual title) is scheduled to start shooting soon, the release day hasn’t been locked down, but we’re guessing summer 2013, alongside “ Iron Man 3 ...

A tractor beam is a device that can move an object from a distance and a classic trope of UFO conspiracies and science-fiction. Now, physicists have demoed one at work in the lab.