Submitted by tculler t3_126kqa8 in Futurology

Ok, so I get that the concept of a Tractor Beam is still in the realm of science fiction. However I'm still curious about what the theories are on how they might work. Can anyone explain?

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dja_ra t1_jeabgs0 wrote

The simplest solution would be a form of magnetism. Assuming that spaceship design cant bypass this by using non-magnetic materials.

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Longjumping-Tie-7573 t1_jebt929 wrote

Since they have technology to warp spacetime to throw chunks of it across the universe, I'm thinking a tractor beam is a form of spacetime warping that scrunches up the spacetime between the ships. So the tractored object doesn't pop back to the original distance once the beam is turn off, they must have a way of smoothing the folds out 'under' the ship.

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