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When Astrophotography Met Zine Making A two-day workshop under the Durbin WOW project, in collaboration with HerStory Foundation and Dhaka Zine Mela, brought science, art, and storytelling together — folding paper into zines on Day 1 and turning them into digital booklets on Day 2. 
The Sky Comes to Chayatol A small Durbin team spent a day at Chayatol school introducing children to the universe — a cosmic zoom-out video, astrophotography captured from Bangladesh, an acted-out eclipse, and a sky-drawing activity that had imaginations running wild. 
A new A&A study on the Milky Way's accretion history Istiak Hossain Akib, a Graduate Member of CASSA, is the first and corresponding author of a new Astronomy & Astrophysics paper showing how the kinematics of globular clusters trace the Milky Way's ancient merger epochs. What is CASSA
Founded in 2025, the Center for Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics (CASSA) is an autonomous, multidisciplinary research center of Independent University, Bangladesh, working under the Office of the Vice Chancellor. Its work runs on three missions — research, teaching and outreach — with the vision to be a pathfinder in Bangladesh, impactful in South Asia, and part of the international community in these fields.
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From public astronomy nights and the national olympiad to research assistantships and volunteering — there's a way in for students, educators and collaborators across Bangladesh.