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2026

  1. Students of Space Innovation Camp, aged five to thirteen, and their guardians gather with CASSA's astronomer, research assistants, interns, and volunteers on the rooftop of IUB's academic building at CASSA. Outreach A Day Looking Up: CASSA Fills With a Different Kind of Noise Than Usual Children aged five to thirteen from Space Innovation Camp — some barely tall enough to reach a telescope eyepiece — spent an afternoon at the Center, trading textbook astronomy for a 24-antenna array on the roof, a live signal on a screen, and an eyepiece of their own. Read
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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

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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