Events for March 13 - January 17

  • CASSA Colloquium 12: Between Stars and Planets

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

    Title: Between Stars and Planets: Unveiling the Hidden World of Transiting Brown Dwarfs Speaker: Md Redyan Ahmed, PhD candidate, Sydney Institute for Astronomy (SIfA), University of Sydney, Australia. Abstract: Transiting brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between stars and planets, placing them in a unique regime where the physics of both worlds begin to overlap. […]

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  • Journal Talk 10: Tudorache et al. 2005

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

    A 15 Mpc rotating galaxy filament at redshift z = 0.032 Link:  https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf2005 Presenter: Radit Raian, Adamjee Cantonment College . --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9

  • Journal Talk 11: Giacintucci et al. (2024)

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    Are Radio Minihalos Confined by Cold Fronts in Galaxy Clusters? Minihalos and Large-scale Sloshing in A3444 and MS 1455.0+2232 Link: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad12bc Presenter: Ashratul Zannati Purnota. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDUg2eNHuB_z8-nfLU09lLaOmXYVwYC1O59e6hZVU_e07sbA/viewform?usp=header

  • Journal Talk 12: Hossain et al. (2025)

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    Detection of Exoplanets with Machine Learning Techniques Through Transit Light-curve Analysis. Link: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ae1ba3 Presenter: Md. Sadman. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdDUg2eNHuB_z8-nfLU09lLaOmXYVwYC1O59e6hZVU_e07sbA/viewform?usp=header

  • Durbin Workshop 2

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

    Durbin Workshop 2 will be a 3-day intensive workshop focusing on observational techniques, telescope optics, and astronomical image processing for astrophotography. Topics covered Day 1: Introduction to Durbin 2.0, Observation Basics, Telescope Optics, and Intro to Image Processing. Day 2: Science Writing (with Dr. Asad), Remote Imaging via iTelescope (with Shahal), and Deep Sky Image […]

  • Journal Talk 13: Li et al. 2026

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    Large Language Models for Limited Noisy Data: A Gravitational Wave Identification Study Link: doi:10.48550/arXiv.2512.04031 Presenter: Siddhartho Sen, DIU. --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9

  • CASSA Colloquium 13: Modelling the Last Major Merger that Shaped the Milky Way

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

    Speaker (in person): Istiak Akib, PhD candidate, Laboratoire d’Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA), Observatoire de Paris, Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL), France. Abstract: The last major merger of the Milky Way (MW) occurred 9-10 Gyr ago with an incoming galaxy known as the Gaia-Sausage Enceladus (GSE). We present the first hydrodynamical modelling […]

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  • Journal Talk 14: Hardcastle et al. (2023)

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    The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey. VI. Optical identifications for the second data release. Link: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347333 Presenter: M.O. B. Jihad (CSE, AIUB) --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9

  • Journal Talk 15: Clews et al. (2025)

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    Radio-loud AGN morphology and host-galaxy properties in the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2. Link: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf966 Presenter: Deba Priyo Guha (graduated from the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, RUET) --- Both in person and online. To get notifications and the Google Meet link, subscribe using the Google Form: https://forms.gle/fikhmc7Y2whjJWKK9

  • Durbin Talk 6

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

    Black Holes Across the Universe: One Physics, Many Scales In alignment with the global theme Women and Girls in Astronomy led by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), we are pleased to present Durbin Talk 6, featuring cutting-edge research and reflections on inclusion in science. Hosted at CASSA, Independent University, Bangladesh, this session continues the Durbin […]

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