Starry Starry Night
Amateur astrophotographer wins an hour with the world's largest optical telescope
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Tushna Commissariat is a science writer and was the features editor of Physics World from 2021 to 2026.
Tushna graduated with a BSc in physics from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, India, before completing a Master’s in science journalism at City University, London. She joined the Physics World team as a news reporter in 2011, and spent the next five years writing about everything from the oriental hornet to antimatter, though she particularly enjoys writing about cosmology and quantum mechanics. She became reviews and careers editor in 2016, before taking on the features role. Outside work, her favourite pastimes include travelling, photography, science fiction and fantasy in all its forms, and spending a ridiculous amount of time on the Internet.
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