In a paper published in Acta Astronautica, the researchers demonstrated how origami may be the solution to low Earth orbit’s ...

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

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

The world record for the farthest flight by paper airplane was recently broken by three aerospace engineers. Their design was inspired by vehicles that fly faster than the speed of sound.

Experiments with paper airplanes revealed new aerodynamic effects that enhance our current understanding of flight stability. Credit: RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images ...

Every paper plane has adjustable control surfaces that can, if minutely tweaked, affect how smoothly it flies. Tweaking the rudder on your plane—by folding it slightly to the left or right ...

How you fold a paper airplane can determine how fast or how far it goes. A lot of people arrive at the best designs through trial, error, and perhaps a little bit of serendipity.