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2026

  1. Workshop participants seated at round tables folding paper into zines during Astrophotography Meets Zine Making. Outreach 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. Read
  2. Chayatol students holding up their Sun and eclipse drawings with a Durbin instructor at the close of the outreach session. Outreach 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. Read
  3. Three-panel scatter plot of orbital energy versus angular momentum (E–Lz plane) showing Milky Way stars, GSE stars, and colour-coded halo, disc, and merger-formed globular clusters for three simulated merger models. Feature Milestones 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. Read
  4. Durbin volunteers and the students of Nagarbari Maritime School and College gathered around a telescope for a group photo. Outreach Astronomy Outreach Program Held in Pabna A Durbin team brought a half-day astronomy program to 50 students at Nagarbari Maritime School and College in riverside Pabna — telescope sessions, Stellarium, the Scale of the Universe, and hands-on activities — held alongside Durbin's first imaging camp in Northern Bangladesh. Read
  5. The Special Guest and Chief Guest seated on the dais at the SPARRSO national workshop, beneath the event banner. Workshops CASSA Scientist Delivers Keynote at SPARRSO National Workshop At SPARRSO's national workshop on space observation, CASSA's Dr. Khan Muhammad Bin Asad delivered the astrophysics keynote, making the case for Bangladesh to look not only down at the Earth but out at the cosmos. Read
  6. Students proudly holding up their hand-drawn constellation patterns during the Durbin workshop at Moneshwar Government Primary School. Outreach A Journey Through Space at Moneshwar Government Primary School With telescopes, astrophotography, and interactive activities, an eight-member Durbin team turned an ordinary school day at Moneshwar Government Primary School into an unforgettable journey through space for students of classes 7 and 8. Read
  7. Durbin booth at the ACI Medhabi Carnival Outreach ACI Medhabi Carnival 2025: A Celestial Celebration of Young Talents The ACI Center in Tejgaon buzzed with intellectual energy last Sunday as the ACI Medhabi Carnival celebrated the achievements of primary-level winners from across… Read
  8. Durbin volunteers at Durbin Workshop 3 brainstorming outreach activities. Outreach Durbin Workshop 3: Strengthening the Future of Astronomy Outreach From April 30th to May 2nd, the Center for Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics (CASSA) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) hosted Durbin Workshop 3. Read
  9. Ahmad Al-Imtiaz, a Research Assistant (Graduate) at CASSA delivering his award-winning presentation at the conference. People CASSA Research Assistants Garner Recognition at the International Conference on Physics 2026 Research assistants from the Center for Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics (CASSA) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) recently made a strong impression… Read
  10. Senior-category winners of the 9th BDOAA National Round holding their certificates beneath the event banner at IUB. Outreach BDOAA 2026 National Round: Young Astronomers Reach for the Stars at IUB IUB hosted the National Round of the 9th Bangladesh Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics — a day of examinations, talks and a prize-giving that picked the national team for IOAA 2026 in Hanoi, capped by Durbin’s Astronomy Night 14. Read
  11. Diagram of the H0DN Collaboration's Local Distance Network, which ties together many independent distance indicators to reach a 1% measurement of the Hubble constant H0 Feature Milestones A 1% Measurement of the Universe’s Expansion Rate A network, not a single path Read
  12. Participants of Durbin Workshop 2 in a group photo in front of the CASSA office at IUB. Outreach From Cosmic History to Deep-Sky Imaging: Highlights of Durbin Workshop 2 Marking the official launch of Durbin 2026, Durbin Workshop 2 convened at CASSA, IUB, from January 15 to 17, 2026. Read
  13. Portrait of Dr. Syed Ashraf Uddin. People IUB welcomes renowned astrophysicist Dr. Syed Ashraf Uddin Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Read
  14. CASSA ARC research proposals illustration Milestones CASSA Marks Milestone with Submission of Five Inaugural Research Proposals Each year between December and January, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) invites its full-time faculty to submit research initiatives for the annual IUB… Read
  15. Infographic of the Cosmic HerStory project, empowering young women in observational astronomy in Bangladesh. Outreach CASSA’s Durbin Program Receives British Council Grant The Center for Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics (CASSA) at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has been awarded a prestigious grant from the British… Read
  16. আল-বিরুনির আঁকা চাঁদের কলা বা দশার চিত্র ক্লাসিকেল কথা বাংলা কৃষি ও ক্যালেন্ডার আন্টন পানেকুকের ‘আমাদের বিশ্বদর্শনের বিকাশ’ (১৯৫১), অধ্যায় ২ Read
  17. ওরায়ন তারামণ্ডল ক্লাসিকেল কথা বাংলা জীবন ও তারা আন্টন পানেকুকের 'আমাদের বিশ্বদর্শনের বিকাশ' (১৯৫১), অধ্যায় ১ Read

2025

  1. The TART radio-telescope antenna array on the rooftop of IUB's academic building, with the city skyline behind. Feature Milestones IUB launches Bangladesh’s first Transient Array Radio Telescope Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has launched the country’s first Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART), marking a milestone in the nation’s entry into radio… Read
  2. Dr. Tim Molteno leading the five-day CASSA workshop “Installing a Radio Telescope to Image the Invisible,” which kicks off the installation of the TART radio telescope at IUB Feature Workshops CASSA launches 5-day workshop leading to the installation of a radio telescope The Center for Astronomy, Space Science and Astrophysics (CASSA) of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) has launched a five-day workshop, titled “Installing a Radio… Read
  3. Syed Ashraf Uddin presenting at the third CASSA colloquium, beside a slide on probing cosmic expansion history with Type Ia supernovae. Colloquia How to resolve the Hubble Tension, explains Syed Ashraf Uddin On January 5th, Syed Ashraf Uddin, a faculty, astronomer and astrophysicist from the University of South Carolina, USA, delivered a lecture at the third colloquium of… Read

2024

  1. Assistant Professor Lamiya Ashraf Mowla delivering CASSA's second colloquium on early galaxy formation Colloquia How early galaxies might have formed, explains Lamiya Mowla On December 19th, Assistant Professor Lamiya Ashraf Mowla from Wellesley College, USA, delivered a talk at the 2nd Colloquium organized by the Center for Astronomy… Read
  2. Dr. Syeda Lammim Ahad delivering CASSA's first colloquium on simulating galaxies in clusters Colloquia Lammim Ahad gives a colloquium on simulating galaxies in clusters On November 28, Dr. Read
  3. Fatema Akter, CASSA Postbac Research Assistant, who begins a funded MSc at North Dakota State University, USA People Our Postbac RA starts a funded MSc at NDSU Many congratulations to our Postbac Research Assistant (PRA) Fatema Akter who is starting a funded MSc at North Dakota State University, USA, from Spring 2025. Read

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