Tractor beams inspired by sci-fi are real, and could solve the looming space junk problem
An artist’s illustration shows how an electrostatic tractor beam could be used to pull defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit around Earth. In reality, the beam would be invisible. (Image credit: Tobias Roetsch – gtgraphics.de) In science fiction films, nothing raises tension quite like the good guys’ spaceship getting caught in an invisible tractor beamContinue Reading











