Brad Carter

Brad Carter

Professor (Physics), University of Southern Queensland

Professor Brad Carter is the Director of the Centre for Astrophysics within USQ’s Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences. His research interests include stellar astronomy, planetary systems and astronomical instrumentation.

Latest articles by Brad Carter

Artist's impression of a gas giant orbiting very closely to its host star.

A cosmic tango: this distant planet's very strange orbit points to a violent and chaotic past

By Adriana Errico, Brad Carter, Jonti Horner published

If you close your eyes and imagine a system of planets orbiting a distant star, what do you see?

Exoplanets
sunrise, sun shine, dawn

Has Science Fully Explained Sunshine?

By Brad Carter published

What makes our sun shine has been a mystery for most of human history.

The Sun
sunset, sun activty

Why is The Sun Going Quiet? (Op-Ed)

By Brad Carter published

The sun is our nearest star and the source of all our light and heat on Earth but recent reports have highlighted an ongoing steep decline in solar activity.

The Sun