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WASHINGTON – Tractor beams, energy rays that can move objects, are a science fiction mainstay. But now they are becoming a reality — at least for moving very tiny objects. Researchers from the Australian National University have announced that they have built a device that can move small particles a …

Upham, New Mexico – Boarding soon at Gate 22a: the Venus express? In the deserts of the western United States, space tourism is becoming a reality as construction progresses on Spaceport America — the world’s first purpose-built commercial space travel facility, 45 miles north of Las Cruces, N.M. Today, concrete …