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Tushna

Tushna Commissariat

Science Journalist, Amateur Astronomer, Photographer and general Science Geek! Also love music and traveling.



How to build a star

Watching the formation of a star by finetuning your instruments.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Eye in the sky

The illustrious Hubble Space Telescope recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, bringing to light one of the most celebrated and accomplished man-made scientific instruments.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the X-Ray Galaxy

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray Mission has revealed the latest edition of their 2XMM catalogue.

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Posted on 20th May 2010No Comments
First Physics a smashing success at the LHC

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN reached another significant milestone yesterday at 12.06BST, achieving proton collisions at 7 trillion electron volts (TeV).

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Posted on 31st March 20101 Comment
CERN and Fermilab celebrate women in science on International Women΄s Day

Think that physics is a male dominated science? Think again! This Women’s Day take a look at the women who work at two of the biggest physics facilities in the world- CERN and Fermilab. Find out what they do on a daily basis and what they have to say about their work.

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Posted on 9th March 2010No Comments
International Dark Sky Association declares first dark sky park in the UK

The International Dark Sky Association (IDA) declared Galloway Forest Park as the first Dark Sky Park in the UK on Monday 16 November 2009.

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Posted on 22nd February 20103 Comments