Thanks to its airplane-shaped folding, the paper plane is statically stable in the vacuum-like upper reaches of space. It ...

The researchers made a plane out of standard A4 sheets, but with added features of aerodynamic modeling to aid with the testing of their theory.

Autodesk researchers have developed a Pteromys, a tool that lets anyone design a paper airplane that will fly, no matter how outlandish.

The age-old question of what would happen if you threw a paper airplane out of the International Space Station (ISS) has been ...

It’s a bird! It’s a paper airplane! It’s science! The Curious Crew explores the aerodynamics behind different kinds of paper airplanes including boomerangs, gliders, darts, and nose-divers.

When Andy Woods Elementary Principal Georgeanna Jones strolled past a fifth-grade science classroom on Thursday morning, she saw paper airplanes whizzing through the air, heard laughter, and knew ...

Make this newspaper into a paper airplane. The sky’s the limit. By Ken Blackburn The best things about paper airplanes are that they allow you to be creative and that paper is easily accessible ...

An oversize paper airplane sent up toward the edge of space by a British online tech publication has snapped stunning photos of the final frontier and the Earth far below.

Experiments with paper airplanes reveal surprisingly complex aerodynamics How these gliders keep level flight is different from the stability of airplanes.

Paper airplanes are fun and simple for all ages. Paper airplanes can be made in five easy steps. Start by folding a piece of paper in half vertically.

An aerodynamic activity from Science BuddiesKey concepts Aerodynamics Planes Forces Drag Physics Introduction Have you ever wondered what makes a paper plane fly? Some paper planes clearly fly ...

The Guinness World Record flight for "longest indoor distance flown by a paper airplane" has been broken. On Feb. 26, former college football quarterback Joe Ayoob threw a paper airplane that ...