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The latest from across CASSA — recent highlights from news and events, and what's coming up next.
Latest across CASSA
Recent highlights
- Astrophotography Meets Zine Making: A Durbin WOW Workshop A two-day collaborative workshop where astrophotography meets handmade zines — open to the public and Durbin volunteers on 3–4 July 2026 at CASSA, IUB. Read
- 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
- Journal Talk 24: Mohammad & Oyon (2026) CASSA, IUB Main Building Rooftop, Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA (Main Building Rooftop) Read
- 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
- 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
- Astronomy Night 15: Dive into Virtual Worlds Astronomy Night 15 pairs a live Ask-an-Astronomer Q&A with an immersive VR experience — walk the Earth, spacewalk the ISS, and stargaze through CASSA's telescopes. Read
What's on
Upcoming events
- 10 Jul 2026 BDOAA Women's Astronomy Olympiad Preparation Camp CASSA, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)
- 14 Jul 2026 আসমান জমিনের গল্প – পর্ব–১: টেলিস্কোপে মহাকাশ দেখা টিএসসি মাঠ, ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়
- 16 Jul 2026 Journal Talk 25: Syed A. Uddin et al. (2024) CASSA, IUB Main Building Rooftop, Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA (Main Building Rooftop)
- 16 Jul 2026 CASSA Colloquium 14: TART — Recent Developments and Future Plans CASSA, IUB Main Building Rooftop, Plot 16, Aftabuddin Ahmed Road, Block B, Bashundhara RA (Main Building Rooftop)
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