Indian students, although curious and fascinated by astronomy, struggle to understand the basic concepts of the subject, reveals nationwide survey covering more than 2,000 school students ...

At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

Only about one third of students could correctly identify basic astronomical distance scales, with many unaware that stars ...

The study, the first large-scale assessment of astronomy learning in India, highlights both enthusiasm for astronomy and deep ...