Past Events

  • 67th Anniversary of Sputnik Flight to Outer Space

    Khan Asad is invited as the Chief Guest for the 67th Anniversary of the Sputnik Flight to Outer Space, taking place on Thursday, 24th October 2024, at Legend International School. This significant event will celebrate humanity's groundbreaking achievement of venturing into space, marking the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, which continues to inspire […]

  • Rubin First Look Watch Party

    CASSA, IUB Main Building Rooftop Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA (Main Building Rooftop), Dhaka, Bangladesh

    🌌 You're Invited: Rubin First Look Watch Party at CASSA! 🌌 Join us at CASSA, IUB, for a truly historic moment in astronomy! 🚀 📅 Date: Monday, 23 June 2025 🕚 Time: 8:00 PM BST (Live stream starts at 8:30 PM) 📍 Venue: CASSA, Independent University, Bangladesh We are thrilled to host a local Watch […]

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  • Astronomy Night 11: Live demonstration of Bangladesh’s first array radio telescope

    Independent University, Bangladesh 16 Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Bashundhara RA, Bangladesh

    From November 17 to 21, in CASSA’s second workshop, 30 students from 10 universities in Bangladesh participated in building, for the first time in the country, a Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART). The workshop instructor was Dr. Tim Molteno from the University of Otago in New Zealand, the lead designer of TART. After seven countries […]

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  • Astronomy Night 12: Spielberg’s E.T. and the Full Moon

    CASSA, IUB Main Building Rooftop Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA (Main Building Rooftop), Dhaka, Bangladesh

    On the night of the last full moon of 2025, join us for a special screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), directed by Steven Spielberg. Before the screening, an astronomer will offer a short introduction on the film’s enduring significance in the age of exoplanets. In the early 1980s, astronomers worldwide were searching the Milky […]

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