Events for June 24, 2025 - January 5, 2025

  • CASSA Colloquium 3: Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe from Carnegie Supernova Project

    Lecture Gallery MK9006, DMK Building, IUB Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Speaker: Syed A Uddin, PhD, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, USA. The Known Unknowns of Observational Cosmology: Measuring the Expansion Rate of the Universe from Carnegie Supernova Project Abstract: In the era of precision cosmology, where percent-level accuracy in measurements is now within reach, we are still confronted with profound enigmas: […]

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  • CASSA Colloquium 4: Astronomy in Space: Pioneering Missions for Lunar and Orbital Observatories

    Lecture Gallery MK9006, DMK Building, IUB Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Speaker: Shah Mohammad Bahauddin, PhD, Research Faculty, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. Abstract: The next frontier of astronomy lies in leveraging the unique environments of space and the Moon to unlock unprecedented scientific discoveries. This presentation will explore the speaker's journey of transforming […]

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  • CASSA Colloquium 5: Lower Dark Matter in the Local Group Galaxies and the Origin of the MW Dwarfs

    Speaker: Istiak Akib, PhD candidate, Laboratoire d'Instrumentation et de Recherche en Astrophysique (LIRA), Observatoire de Paris, Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL). Abstract: Fitting the flat rotation curves of the Galaxies indicate vast majority of the matter content in the galaxies is dark matter, even higher than the cosmological estimate of 85% and giving rise […]

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  • CASSA Colloquium 6: Unraveling the distant Universe with wide-field surveys of star-forming galaxies

    Room MK5004, DMK Building, IUB Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara Ra, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Speaker: Tanveer Karim, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow at the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, and a member of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration and the Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC). Abstract: Over the past decade, cosmology has encountered significant tensions between different measurements of key cosmological parameters, particularly […]

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  • CASSA Tea Talk 1: Revisiting the age scale of Galactic globular clusters

    IUB Room BC2022, Digital Classroom IUB, Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Speaker: S M Masruk Uddin, M2 Sudent (International Research Track), Observatoire de Paris; Research Intern, Laboratory for Astrophysics Research and Instrumentation (LIRA); Paris Sciences et Lettres University (PSL), France. Abstract: Globular clusters (GCs) are critical for understanding the formation and evolution of the Milky Way. Their ages provide constraints on Galactic formation models. This study […]

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  • CASSA Plenary Meeting 1

    Google Meet

    A meeting among the core and associate members for understanding the past and planning the future of CASSA.

  • Journal Talk 1: Garon et al. 2019

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

    Radio Galaxy Zoo: The Distortion of Radio Galaxies by Galaxy Clusters https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaff62 Presenter: Mir Sazzat Hossain

  • 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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